Patents by Inventor Richard Mark Haydock

Richard Mark Haydock 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).

  • SCREENING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230203561
    Abstract: A method for screening substances for their ability to reduce malodours from emanations from an animal, said method comprising determining the effect of said substances on the C-S lyase activity of bacteria that emit volatile sulphuric compounds (VSCs), by contacting a test substance with a sample comprising said bacteria or a supernatant obtainable from a culture of said bacteria in the presence of a substrate for a C-S lyase, detecting the levels of thiol production from said bacteria, and comparing the results with those obtained from similar bacteria in the absence of said substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Taichi INUI, Richard Mark HAYDOCK
  • Screening method
    Patent number: 11591635
    Abstract: A method for screening substances for their ability to reduce malodours from emanations from an animal, said method comprising determining the effect of said substances on the C-S lyase activity of bacteria that emit volatile sulphuric compounds (VSCs), by contacting a test substance with a sample comprising said bacteria or a supernatant obtainable from a culture of said bacteria in the presence of a substrate for a C-S lyase, detecting the levels of thiol production from said bacteria, and comparing the results with those obtained from similar bacteria in the absence of said substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Taichi Inui, Richard Mark Haydock
  • SCREENING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210079446
    Abstract: A method for screening substances for their ability to reduce malodours from emanations from an animal, said method comprising determining the effect of said substances on the C-S lyase activity of bacteria that emit volatile sulphuric compounds (VSCs), by contacting a test substance with a sample comprising said bacteria or a supernatant obtainable from a culture of said bacteria in the presence of a substrate for a C-S lyase, detecting the levels of thiol production from said bacteria, and comparing the results with those obtained from similar bacteria in the absence of said substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Taichi Inui, Richard Mark Haydock