Patents by Inventor Roy Thomas Dobb

Roy Thomas Dobb 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).

  • Nutritionally enhanced plants
    Patent number: 7501556
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of improving nutritional content and more particularly the isoflavone content in plants. The invention provides a process for increasing the content of the isoflavone daidzein in selected plants, novel plants produced by this process and products derivable therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings B.V.
    Inventors: Steven Peter Colliver, Roy Thomas Dobb, Hendrikus Theodorus Wilhelmus Maria van der Hijden
  • Method for Stabilisation of a Protein Solution by Addition of Hydroxyl Radical Quenchers and its Sterilisation by Ionising Radiation
    Publication number: 20090036350
    Abstract: A method of sterilising a protein in an aqueous environment, comprises exposing to ionising radiation an aqueous composition comprising the protein with a protective compound or combination of protective compounds having the following characteristics: (i) a rate of reaction with hydroxyl radicals greater than 5×108 L mol?1 s?1; and (ii) a non-polar region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew John Austin, Jan Jezek, Paul James Davis, Roy Thomas Dobb, Lynne Patricia Watson, John Patrick Gordon Wilkins