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Sona Son — 15 Patents

MGMicrobial Discovery Group: 15 patents #1 of 12Top 9%
UHUnited Animal Health: 6 patents #1 of 14Top 8%
Cudahy, WI: #4 of 72 inventorsTop 6%
Wisconsin: #2,950 of 40,088 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Sona Son has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microbial Discovery Group. The first was granted in 2019 and the most recent in August 2025. Sona Son ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Sona Son in Cudahy, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2019 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2024.peak 52019: 2 patents20192021: 2 patents20212023: 2 patents20232024: 5 patents20242025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12390497 Microbial strains for virus inhibition Michael R. King, Nathan Robert Augspurger, Joel Dean Spencer, Kyle Leistikow 2025-08-19
12369604 Methods of inhibition with microbial strains and antibiotics Michael R. King, Kyle Leistikow 2025-07-29
12371355 Microorganisms for treatment of waste, water, or soil or for feeding to animals Michael R. King, Claire Heile, Megan Duersteler 2025-07-29
12256740 Microorganisms for plant pathogen inhibition Michael R. King, Amy Lange, Megan Duersteler, Elizabeth Galbraith 2025-03-25
12162992 Microorganisms for waste treatment Michael R. King, Claire Heile 2024-12-10
12157690 Cold temperature-resistant microbials and methods of their use Michael R. King 2024-12-03
12115198 Microbials for animals Michael R. King, Elizabeth Galbraith, Samanta R. Fensterseifer, Ricardo P. Arias 2024-10-15
11998576 Direct-fed microbials Michael R. King, Kyle Leistikow, Nathan Robert Augspurger 2024-06-04
11944656 Microbials for feed Michael R. King, Kyle Leistikow, Joel Dean Spencer 2024-04-02
11634554 Microorganisms for waste treatment Michael R. King, Claire Heile 2023-04-25
11627741 Microorganisms for plant pathogen inhibition Michael R. King, Amy Lange, Megan Duersteler, Elizabeth Galbraith 2023-04-18
11110134 Direct-fed microbials Michael R. King, Kyle Leistikow, Nathan Robert Augspurger 2021-09-07
10905135 Direct-fed microbials and methods of their use Michael R. King, Nathan Robert Augspurger, Joel Dean Spencer, Amy Lange, Michael D. Engelhardt 2021-02-02
10357046 Direct-fed microbials and methods of their use Michael R. King, Nathan Robert Augspurger, Joel Dean Spencer, Amy Lange, Michael D. Engelhardt 2019-07-23
10335440 Direct-fed microbials Michael R. King, Kyle Leistikow, Nathan Robert Augspurger 2019-07-02