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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1996

Filed:

Feb. 09, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:

David J Kyle, Catonsville, MD (US);

Sue E Reeb, Baltimore, MD (US);

Valerie J Sicotte, Baltimore, MD (US);

Assignee:

Martek Biosciences Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C12P / ; C12P / ; A23D / ; A23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514786 ; 514784 ; 435134 ; 435136 ; 426601 ; 426648 ;
Abstract

A pharmaceutical composition and a dietary supplement comprising a single cell oil containing at least 20% docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in triglyceride form are presented. The single cell oil is extracted from biomass produced by cultivating heterotrophic microalgae of the class Dinophyceae in an aerobic fermentor with a nutrient solution having a limited nitrogen source.


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