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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:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
May. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ian L. Brown, Tamworth, AU;
Patricia Lynne Conway, La Perouse, AU;
Karl Anders Olof Henriksson, Bellevue Hill, AU;
Kenneth J. McNaught, Cottage Point, AU;
Xin Wang, Randwick, AU;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 ; A61K 3/1715 ; A23L 1/0522 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 ; A61K 3/1715 ; A23L 1/0522 ;
Abstract
Improved method of enhancing a population of one or more target microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal, the improvement comprising providing to the animal a selected modified or unmodified resistant starch or mixtures thereof, such that the one or more microorganisms will selectively utilise the starch and/or increase in number and/or activity in the gastrointestinal tract, either uniformly throughout the gastrointestinal tract or at specific site or regions.