MASSEY UNIVERSITY Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130224303 | PROCESS OF PRODUCING SHELF STABLE PROBIOTIC FOOD - The invention provides an ingredient containing shelf-stable probiotic microorganisms for use in preparing probiotic food products requiring long shelf-life. The ingredient is prepared by coating particles or an agglomeration thereof with a suspension of osmotically shocked probiotic microorganisms and drying the product. | 08-29-2013 |
20130115258 | EMULSION - The invention relates to the encapsulation of oxidisable lipids. In particular, the invention provides an oil-in-water emulsion comprising droplets of a core lipid coated with nanoemulsion droplets, wherein the nanoemulsion droplets comprise a surface lipid coated with protein. The emulsions of the invention provide an oxidatively stable form of the lipid, which can be added to foods and cosmetics requiring a long shelf-life. | 05-09-2013 |
20120263826 | ENCAPSULATION SYSTEM FOR PROTECTION OF PROBIOTICS DURING PROCESSING - Comestible products, for example beverage products, are disclosed containing encapsulated probiotic bacteria having resistance to subjection to at least thermal and acidic conditions. Beverage products include at least one aqueous liquid and capsules comprising a gelled mixture of alginate and denatured protein, and probiotic bacteria entrapped within the gelled mixture. The average particle size of the capsules is optionally less than 1000 microns (μm) in diameter, such as less than 500 μm in diameter. Methods are provided for making such encapsulated probiotics by providing a mixture comprising sodium alginate, denatured protein and active probiotic cells, and combining the mixture with a divalent cation to initiate cold gelation of the sodium alginate and denatured protein to form a second mixture. The second mixture is passed through an opening having a diameter of less than 1000 μm to form capsules. The weight ratio of protein to alginate is from 1:1 to 9:1. | 10-18-2012 |
20120214208 | FUSION POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to fusion polypeptides comprising a polynucleotide-binding domain, such as a DNA-binding domain, and a ligase domain, such as a DNA ligase domain, methods for the production of such fusion polypeptides, and uses of the fusion polypeptides, for example in a range of molecular biological techniques as well as applications in the diagnostics, protein production, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and medical fields. | 08-23-2012 |
20100330560 | Immunogenic polypeptide isolated from mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and uses thereof - The present invention relates to an immunogenic polypeptide isolated from | 12-30-2010 |
20100283603 | PASTURE MANAGEMENT - A plant matter sensor, the sensor includes a pair of parallel spaced apart sensor arms and a control console, a first of the arms having a plurality of emitter means spaced along its length, each emitter configured and arranged to, in use, emit a signal substantially perpendicularly to the arm to be received by a corresponding receiver on the second arm. The console contains controller means to, in use, control the rate, strength and regularity of the signal emitted by each of the said emitters, collectors to, in use, collect data from each receiver as to the existence or absence of receipt of a signal, a processor to process data received from the controllers and the collectors and determine the height of any plant matter traversed by the plant matter sensor and predetermined intervals, and storage to store the plant matter height data generated by the processor for subsequent download or analysis. | 11-11-2010 |
20100166807 | METHODS FOR REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF MASTITIS - The invention encompasses methods of reducing the incidence of mastitis in an animal, and compositions and devices therefor. The methods and other aspects of the invention can be used to reduce the incidence of infection in the teat or mammary gland. In particular, but not exclusively, the invention encompasses a method of applying to the teat canal and/or teat sinus a composition comprising exogenous keratin. | 07-01-2010 |
20100086972 | Process for the production of biodegradable, functionalised polymer particles and use thereof as pharmaceutical supports - The invention relates to a method for producing biodegradable, functionalised polymer particles, and to the use of the same as medicament carriers. | 04-08-2010 |
20090143308 | Yeast membrane protein expression system and its application in drug screening - The invention relates to an in vitro cell based expression system for overexpressing heterologous pump proteins associated with drug resistance into the membrane of the host cell for drug screening applications. | 06-04-2009 |
20090029017 | LIPID ENCAPSULATION - The invention relates to an emulsion for protecting oxidisable lipids from oxidative damage and methods of making the same. The lipids are encapsulated in a complex of casein and whey protein | 01-29-2009 |
20090014920 | POLYMER FILAMENTS - The invention relates to polymer filaments and methods for their production. In particular, although not exclusively, the invention relates to conducting polymer filaments and their production from solutions of polymerisable oxidizable monomer units. | 01-15-2009 |
20080317785 | Vaccine - The invention provides a vaccine comprising secreted protein derived from | 12-25-2008 |