Micah H Needham

US Patent:

20060286205, Dec 21, 2006

Filed:

May 12, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/433752

Inventors:

Jaouad Fichtali - Lexington KY, US
Micah Needham - Winchester KY, US
Henry Linsert - Alexandria VA, US

Assignee:

Martek Biosciences Corporation - Columbia MD

International Classification:

A61K 47/00
A23J 3/34
C12P 1/00

US Classification:

426007000, 435041000, 424439000

Abstract:

The present invention includes a palatable, stable composition comprising a biomass hydrolysate emulsion for incorporation, into, or used as, nutritional products, cosmetic products or pharmaceutical products. Preferred sources for biomass are microbial sources, plant sources and animal sources. The present invention also provides methods for making such compositions, specifically, a method for producing a product comprising a nutrient, particularly a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, comprising hydrolyzing a biomass comprising the nutrient and emulsifying the hydrolyzed biomass. Such compositions and methods are useful, for example, for increasing intake of nutrients such as omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids having 18 or more carbons.

US Patent:

20120083530, Apr 5, 2012

Filed:

Apr 6, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/080894

Inventors:

Jimbin MAI - Columbia MD, US
Micah Needham - Winchester KY, US
Gang Su - Ellicott City MD, US
Wei Wang-Nolan - Ellicott City MD, US
Chia-Ping Charles Hsu - Ellicott City MD, US

International Classification:

A61K 31/202
A61P 25/00
A61P 35/00
A61P 9/10
A61P 29/00
A61K 9/107
A61P 9/00

US Classification:

514560

Abstract:

The present invention relates to thermally stable oil-in-water emulsions comprising an oil comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid, water, an emulsifier, and a water-soluble stabilizer, and processes for preparing the thermally stable oil-in-water emulsions. The thermally stable oil-in-water emulsions remain flowable at a temperature of −40 C., and are free from a variation in particle size after 9 months in storage at a temperature of −40 C. to −15 C.

US Patent:

20120135106, May 31, 2012

Filed:

Oct 31, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/285200

Inventors:

Jaouad FICHTALI - Lexington KY, US
Micah Hazzy NEEDHAM - Winchester KY, US
Henry LINSERT, JR. - Alexandria VA, US

Assignee:

Martek Biosciences Corporation - Boulder CO

International Classification:

A23L 1/30
A23D 7/00
A23L 1/28
A23D 9/00
A23L 1/272
A23L 1/025

US Classification:

426 7, 426648, 426262, 426238, 426 61, 426 62, 426601

Abstract:

The present invention includes a palatable, stable composition comprising a biomass hydrolysate emulsion for incorporation, into, or used as, nutritional products, cosmetic products or pharmaceutical products. Preferred sources for biomass are microbial sources, plant sources and animal sources. The present invention also provides methods for making such compositions, specifically, a method for producing a product comprising a nutrient, particularly a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, comprising hydrolyzing a biomass comprising the nutrient and emulsifying the hydrolyzed biomass. Such compositions and methods are useful, for example, for increasing intake of nutrients such as omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids having 18 or more carbons.

US Patent:

20120251685, Oct 4, 2012

Filed:

Apr 4, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/079252

Inventors:

Wei WANG-NOLAN - Ellicott City MD, US
Bradley Martin Hurst - Odenton MD, US
Sin Wai Lee - Odenton MD, US
Micah Needham - Winchester KY, US
Gang Su - Ellicott City MD, US
Jimbin Mai - Columbia MD, US

International Classification:

A23D 7/00
A23L 2/52
A23D 7/06

US Classification:

426250, 426541, 426546, 426545, 426271

Abstract:

The present invention relates to stable oil-in-water emulsions comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid, an emulsifier, water, a metal chelating agent, and an antioxidant, and processes for preparing the stable oil-in-water emulsions. The stable oil-in-water emulsions are substantially free from coalescence, flocculation, Ostwald ripening, and creaming, for a period of at least five months at a temperature of about 4 C.

US Patent:

20130210916, Aug 15, 2013

Filed:

Apr 6, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/640106

Inventors:

Jimbin Mai - Columbia MD, US
Micah Hazzy Needham - Winchester KY, US
Gang Su - Ellicott City MD, US
Wei Wang-Nolan - Ellicott City MD, US
Chia-Ping Charles Hsu - Ellicott City MD, US

Assignee:

DSM IP ASSETS B.V. - Heerlen

International Classification:

A61K 9/107
A61K 31/20

US Classification:

514560

Abstract:

The present invention relates to thermally, stable oil-in-water emulsions comprising an oil comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid, water, an emulsifier, and a water-soluble stabilizer, and processes for preparing the thermally stable oil-in-water emulsions. The thermally stable oil-in-water emulsions remain flowable at a temperature of −40 C., and are free from a variation in particle size after 9 months in storage at a temperature of −40 C. to −15 C.

US Patent:

20170064984, Mar 9, 2017

Filed:

Oct 11, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/290928

Inventors:

- Heerlen, NL
Brandley Martin HURST - Odenton MD, US
Sin Wai LEE - Odenton MD, US
Micah NEEDHAM - Winchester KY, US
Gang SU - Parsippany NJ, US
Jimbin MAI - Columbia MD, US

International Classification:

A23L 2/52
A23L 29/25
A23D 7/01
A23D 7/02
A23D 7/00
A23D 7/005

Abstract:

The present invention relates to stable oil-in-water emulsions comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid, an emulsifier, water, a metal chelating agent, and an antioxidant, and processes for preparing the stable oil-in-water emulsions. The stable oil-in-water emulsions are substantially free from coalescence, flocculation, Ostwald ripening, and creaming, for a period of at least five months at a temperature of about 4 C.

US Patent:

20160319217, Nov 3, 2016

Filed:

Dec 19, 2014

Appl. No.:

15/106375

Inventors:

Brock TRIPLETT - Lexington KY, US
Micah NEEDHAM - Winchester KY, US
Ginger SHANK - Winchester KY, US
John HOGAN - Milford OH, US
Mark BARKER - Mount Sterling KY, US
Neil Francis LEININGER - Winchester KY, US

Assignee:

DSM IP ASSETS B.V. - TE Heerlen

International Classification:

C11B 1/02
C11B 3/00

Abstract:

Disclosed herein are processes for obtaining a microbial oil comprising one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from one or more microbial cells by lysing the cells to form a lysed cell composition and then recovering the oil from the lysed cell composition. Further disclosed herein is microbial oil comprising one or more PUFAs that is recovered from microbial cells by at least one process described herein.

US Patent:

20140154377, Jun 5, 2014

Filed:

Apr 2, 2012

Appl. No.:

14/009919

Inventors:

Wei Wang-Nolan - Sharon MA, US
Bradley Martin Hurst - Odenton MD, US
Sin Wai Lee - Odenton MD, US
Micah Needham - Winchester KY, US
Gang Su - Parsippany NJ, US
Jimbin Mai - Columbia MD, US

Assignee:

DSM IP ASSETS B.V. - Heerlen

International Classification:

A23L 2/52

US Classification:

426271, 426541

Abstract:

The present invention relates to stable oil-in-water emulsions comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid, an emulsifier, water, a metal chelating agent, and an antioxidant, and processes for preparing the stable oil-in-water emulsions. The stable oil-in-water emulsions are substantially free from coalescence, flocculation, Ostwald ripening, and creaming, for a period of at least five months at a temperature of about 4 C.