Patents by Inventor Michael Z. Martin

Michael Z. Martin 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).

  • Full range nutritional supplements from plant materials and methods for their manufacture
    Publication number: 20040166177
    Abstract: The invention relates to obtaining and concentrating bioactive substances, and to methods for their manufacture from various foodstuffs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventor: Michael Z. Martin
  • Pharmaceutical preparations of bioactive substances extracted from natural sources
    Patent number: 6746695
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of extracting and purifying bioactive substances from various plants and herbs. More specifically the invention relates to methods of extracting and separating bioactive substances from various plants and herbs, such as Kava root, Byrsonima species, Aesculus californica, Crataegus mexicana, Simmondsia chinensis, Pfaffia species, Alternanthera repens, Bursera species, Turnera species, Perezia species, Heimia salicifolia, Psidium species, Enterlobium species, Ptychopetalum olacoides, Liriosma ovata, and Chaunochiton kappleri, using supercritical fluid extraction and/or fluorocarbon solvent extract. The present invention further relates to separation of bioactive substances contained in extracts using packed column supercritical fluid chromatography or HPLC where dense gas with or without modifiers is the mobile phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignees: Armadillo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Virginia Tech. Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Z. Martin, Mehdi Ashraf-Khorassani, Larry Taylor