Patents by Inventor Michael J. Barratt

Michael J. Barratt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • MICROBIOTA-DIRECTED FOODS TO REPAIR A SUBJECT'S GUT MICROBIOTA
    Publication number: 20220312817
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides composition and methods to improve the nutritional status of a subject, as well as aid in the maturation of the gut microbiota of a subject. The disclosure encompasses edible compositions that, when eaten in a manner described herein, impacts the subject's gut microbiota by changing the relative abundances of a plurality of health-discriminatory gut taxa in a statistically significant manner towards chronologically age-matched healthy subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: ROBERT YUZEN CHEN, MATTHEW CHARLES HIBBERD, JEFFREY l. GORDON, MICHAEL J. BARRATT, MD MUNIRUL ISLAM, HAO-WEI CHANG, JEANETTE GEHRIG, TAHMEED AHMED, SIDDARTH VENKATESH
  • NUTRACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20220168366
    Abstract: A nutraceutical composition comprising prebiotics, probiotics, and/or synbiotics, spirulina, cereals and micronutrients for improving a person's health, and methods for boosting the immune system and improving vaccine effectiveness in vulnerable populations with the nutraceutical composition, including undernourished children, lactating and pregnant mothers in LDCs, the elderly, and persons with cancer or at risk of developing cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicants: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Washington University
    Inventors: Michael J. BARRATT, Nicolas Frederic DELAHAYE, Jeffrey I. GORDON
  • Low pH, high skin friction cosmetic creams
    Patent number: 6979452
    Abstract: A high skin friction cosmetic composition that can provide the consumer-desired sensory properties of traditional vanishing creams, stable at low pH, containing solid asymmetric particles and an anionic emulsifier having pKa values of less than about 4.5. The composition preferably further includes an acidic skin benefit agent. A method of controlling or preventing an oily skin appearance and/or feel especially in the facial area, by applying to the skin the inventive composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Ramesh Surianarayanan, Prem Chandar, Pushker Sona, Michael J. Barratt
  • Low pH, high skin friction cosmetic creams
    Publication number: 20030180334
    Abstract: A high skin friction cosmetic composition that can provide the consumer-desired sensory properties of traditional vanishing creams, stable at low pH, containing solid asymmetric particles and an anionic emulsifier having pKa values of less than about 4.5. The composition preferably further includes an acidic skin benefit agent. A method of controlling or preventing an oily skin appearance and/or feel especially in the facial area, by applying to the skin the inventive composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Ramesh Surianarayanan, Prem Chandar, Pushker Sona, Michael J. Barratt