Patents by Inventor William Michael Russell

William Michael Russell 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 or preventing systemic inflammation
    Patent number: 9408819
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a novel nutritional formula for treating or preventing systemic inflammation in a subject. The nutritional formula comprises a therapeutically effective amount of inactivated Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
    Inventors: Udo Herz, Robert J. McMahon, William Michael Russell, Josef Neu
  • Method for the utilization of and product containing inactivated probiotic
    Patent number: 9408818
    Abstract: A children's or infant's nutritional product utilizing or containing one or more inactivated probiotics for preventing or reducing systemic and/or respiratory inflammation in a child or infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
    Inventors: Robert J. McMahon, William Michael Russell, Udo Herz, Josef Neu
  • Probiotic infant products
    Patent number: 8137718
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an infant formula or children's nutritional product comprising a protein source, a fat source, a carbohydrate source, and B. longum AH1205.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
    Inventors: William Michael Russell, Michael Ceddia
  • Nutritional composition with improved digestibility
    Patent number: 8075934
    Abstract: The present invention is directed an improved nutritional composition, methods of improving digestion, and methods of enhancing the bioavailability of TGF-?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
    Inventors: Dattatreya Banavara, Win-Chin Chiang, Deborah A. Schade, Joaquin A. Franco, Juan M. Gonzalez, Dirk Hondmann, Zeina E. Jouni, Yung-Hsiung Lee, Robert J. McMahon, Kristin Morris, Deshanie Rai, Gyan P. Rai, Nagendra Rangavajla, Francisco J. Rosales, William Michael Russell, Eric Van Tol, Hugh N. Tucker, Donald Carey Walker
  • Probiotic Derived Non-Viable Material For Allergy Prevention And Treatment
    Publication number: 20110217402
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a non-viable probiotic composition having anti-allergic (i.e. allergy preventive and/or anti-allergic in a therapeutic sense) properties, the process including the steps of (a) subjecting LGG to cultivation in a suitable culture medium using a batch process; (b) harvesting the culture supernatant at a late exponential phase of the cultivation step; (c) removing liquid contents from the culture supernatant so as to obtain the composition. Also, a composition comprising a proteinaceous mixture, said composition being obtainable by the above process, and the use thereof in a dietetic product preferably for targeting expecting mother's, infants, or children as well as application in food for specific medical purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
    Inventors: Eric A.F. van Tol, William Michael Russell, Udo Herz, Harald Renz, Holger Garn, Machtelt Braaksma, Maria Johanna van der Werf, Karin M. Overkamp
  • Nutritional Composition With Improved Digestibility
    Publication number: 20100104696
    Abstract: The present invention is directed an improved nutritional composition, methods of improving digestion, and methods of enhancing the bioavailability of TGF-?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Mead Johnson & Co.
    Inventors: Dattatreya Banavara, Win-Chin Chiang, Deborah A. Schade, Joaquin A. Franco, Juan M. Gonzalez, Dirk Hondmann, Zeina E. Jouni, Yung-Hsiung Lee, Robert J. McMahon, Kristin Morris, Deshanie Rai, Gyan P. Rai, Nagendra Rangavajla, Francisco J. Rosales, William Michael Russell, Eric Van Tol, Hugh N. Tucker, Donald Carey Walker
  • Probiotic infant products
    Publication number: 20100074870
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an infant formula or children's nutritional product comprising a protein source, a fat source, a carbohydrate source, and B. longum AH1206.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: William Michael Russell, Michael Ceddia
  • Probiotic infant products
    Publication number: 20100074871
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an infant formula or children's nutritional product comprising a protein source, a fat source, a carbohydrate source, and B. longum AH1205.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: William Michael Russell, Michael Ceddia
  • METHOD FOR REDUCING OR PREVENTING SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION
    Publication number: 20080206213
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel method for treating or preventing systemic inflammation in a subject. The method administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of inactivated LGG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Udo Herz, Robert J. McMahon, William Michael Russell, Josef Neu
  • METHOD FOR THE UTILIZATION OF AND PRODUCT CONTAINING INACTIVATED PROBIOTIC
    Publication number: 20080206212
    Abstract: A novel method and product utilizing or containing one or more inactivated probiotics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Robert J. McMahon, William Michael Russell, Udo Herz, Josef Neu
  • Lactobacillus beta-glucuronidase and DNA encoding the same
    Publication number: 20040091922
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated &bgr;-Glucuronidase (GUS) having activity at acidic pH and nucleic acids encoding the same. The nucleic acids may be isolated from any suitable species, and in a preferable embodiment are isolated from Lactobacillus gasseri.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: William Michael Russell, Todd Robert Klaenhammer
  • Polynucleotide encoding a Lactobacillus gasseri beta-glucuronidase polypeptide
    Patent number: 6664097
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated &bgr;-Glucuronidase (GUS) having activity at acidic pH and nucleic acids encoding the same. The nucleic acids may be isolated from any suitable species, and in a preferable embodiment are isolated from Lactobacillus gasseri.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: William Michael Russell, Todd Robert Klaenhammer
  • Lactobacillus beta-glucuronidase and DNA encoding the same
    Publication number: 20030003562
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated &bgr;-Glucuronidase (GUS) having activity at acidic pH and nucleic acids encoding the same. The nucleic acids may be isolated from any suitable species, and in a preferable embodiment are isolated from Lactobacillus gasseri.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: William Michael Russell, Todd Robert Klaenhammer