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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pedro A Prieto, West Worthington, OH (US);
Terry A Kroening, Gahanna, OH (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 61 ; 426601 ; 426602 ; 426606 ; 426607 ; 426608 ; 426648 ; 426658 ; 426801 ;
Abstract
A nutritional formulation containing an effective amount of Lacto-N-neoTetraose to simulate the growth and/or metabolic activity of Bifidobacterium is provided. A process of inhibiting bacterial infections including the step of feeding the nutritional composition to a subject is also provided.