Patents by Inventor Richard King Teague

Richard King Teague 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).

  • Compounds for altering food intake in humans
    Patent number: 6852342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of providing an extract containing at least one simmondsin compound. The extract is provided from jojoba plant, and used as a dietary supplement for use in a weight control regiment in humans. The present invention also provides a method of treating an overweight human in need of such treatment, and comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of such an extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignees: Avoca, Inc., ChromaDex, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard King Teague, Samuel Leonard Tynch, Frank Louis Jaksch, Jr., Richard Theodore Maier, Jr.
  • Compounds for altering food intake in humans
    Publication number: 20030185919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of providing an extract containing at least one simmondsin compound. The extract is provided from jojoba plant, and used as a dietary supplement for use in a weight control regiment in humans. The present invention also provides a method of treating an overweight human in need of such treatment, and comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of such an extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Richard King Teague, Samuel Leonard Tynch, Frank Louis Jaksch, Richard Theodore Maier
  • Method for providing green note compounds
    Patent number: 6274358
    Abstract: Green note compound, such as cis-3-hexen-1-ol, is provided by subjecting linolenic acid and a fresh watermelon foliage to shearing in the presence of an aqueous liquid and yeast. Enzymes within the plant material (i.e., lipoxygenase and hydroperoxide lyase) and the yeast act to cause the linolenic acid to be converted to green note alcohol at a relatively high yield. Green note compound can be provided naturally using a continuous or batch process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Inventors: Richard Barry Holtz, Michael Jay McCulloch, Stephen John Garger, Richard King Teague, Harriet Flannery Phillips