Patents by Inventor Nigel William TOMKINS

Nigel William TOMKINS 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).

  • Method for reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal
    Patent number: 11883449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Meat & Livestock Australia Limited, James Cook University
    Inventors: Lorenna Machado, Marie Elisabeth Magnusson, Nigel William Tomkins, Robert Douglas Kinley, Peter Canisius Denys, Nicholas Andrew Paul
  • GROWTH PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS IN PASTURE AND FEEDLOT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210259284
    Abstract: The invention relates to utilising red marine macroalgae to provide improvements in growth performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicants: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Nigel William TOMKINS, Rocky DE NYS, Robert Douglas KINLEY, Marie Elisabeth MAGNUSSON, Lorenna MACHADO, Nicholas Andrew PAUL
  • Growth performance improvements in pasture and feedlot systems
    Patent number: 11006655
    Abstract: The invention relates to utilising red marine macroalgae to provide improvements in growth performance of livestock, particularly ruminant animals for red meat production, especially cattle, in pasture and feedlot farming systems. There is provided a method for improving the growth performance of a livestock animal in a farming system including: providing a red marine macroalgae to a farming system to enable consumption of the red marine macroalgae by a livestock animal in the farming system; thereby improving the growth performance of the livestock animal in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY, COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA LIMITED
    Inventors: Nigel William Tomkins, Rocky De Nys, Robert Douglas Kinley, Marie Elisabeth Magnusson, Lorenna Machado, Nicholas Andrew Paul
  • METHOD FOR REDUCING TOTAL GAS PRODUCTION AND/OR METHANE PRODUCTION IN A RUMINANT ANIMAL
    Publication number: 20210077555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Meat & Livestock Australia Limited, James Cook University
    Inventors: Lorenna MACHADO, Marie Elisabeth MAGNUSSON, Nigel William TOMKINS, Robert Douglas KINLEY, Peter Canisius DENYS, Nicholas Andrew PAUL
  • Method for reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal
    Patent number: 10881697
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Meat & Livestock Australia Limited, James Cook University
    Inventors: Lorenna Machado, Marie Elisabeth Magnusson, Nigel William Tomkins, Robert Douglas Kinley, Peter Canisius Denys, Nicholas Andrew Paul
  • GROWTH PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS IN PASTURE AND FEEDLOT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190174793
    Abstract: The invention relates to utilising red marine macroalgae to provide improvements in growth performance of livestock, particularly ruminant animals for red meat production, especially cattle, in pasture and feedlot farming systems. There is provided a method for improving the growth performance of a livestock animal in a farming system including: providing a red marine macroalgae to a farming system to enable consumption of the red marine macroalgae by a livestock animal in the farming system; thereby improving the growth performance of the livestock animal in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Nigel William TOMKINS, Rocky DE NYS, Robert Douglas KINLEY, Marie Elisabeth MAGNUSSON, Lorenna MACHADO, Nicholas Andrew PAUL
  • METHOD FOR REDUCING TOTAL GAS PRODUCTION AND/OR METHANE PRODUCTION IN A RUMINANT ANIMAL
    Publication number: 20180271922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Lorenna MACHADO, Marie Elisabeth MAGNUSSON, Nigel William TOMKINS, Robert Douglas KINLEY, Peter Canisius DENYS, Nicholas Andrew PAUL
  • Method for reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal
    Patent number: 9980995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Meat & Livestock Australia Limited, James Cook University
    Inventors: Lorenna Machado, Marie Elisabeth Magnusson, Nigel William Tomkins, Robert Douglas Kinley, Peter Canisius Denys, Nicholas Andrew Paul
  • METHOD FOR REDUCING TOTAL GAS PRODUCTION AND/OR METHANE PRODUCTION IN A RUMINANT ANIMAL
    Publication number: 20160339067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Lorenna MACHADO, Marie Elisabeth MAGNUSSON, Nigel William TOMKINS, Robert Douglas KINLEY, Peter Canisius DENYS, Nicholas Andrew PAUL