Patents Assigned to Mars, Inc.
  • Process for manufacturing an animal feed or food and product obtained by that process
    Patent number: 8936822
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing an animal feed or a foodstuff, comprising the steps of (i) preparing at least one first stream of material and at least one second stream of material, (ii) dispersing the second stream of material in the first stream of material in a laminar fashion in a device for at least partially incompletely blending the first and second streams of material, so that the second stream of material is distributed in the first stream of material preferably in the form of droplets ranging in size from 0.3 mm to 8 mm, (iii) discharging the first stream of material containing the second stream of material in the form of droplets through a nozzle, and (iv) solidifying the first stream of material containing the second stream of material in the form of droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Mars, Inc.
    Inventor: Johannes P. Schlebusch
  • GENETIC TEST FOR LIVER COPPER ACCUMULATION IN DOGS
    Publication number: 20140351962
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of testing a dog to determine the susceptibility of the dog to liver copper accumulation, comprising detecting in a sample the presence or absence in the genome of the dog of one or more polymorphisms selected from: (a) Chr22_3167534 (SEQ ID NO: 144), Chr22_3135144 (SEQ ID NO: 145), Chr20_55461150 (SEQ ID NO: 146), ChrX_120879711 (SEQ ID NO: 147), Chr19_6078084 (SEQ ID NO: 148), Chr15_62625262 (SEQ ID NO: 149), Chr14_39437543 (SEQ ID NO: 150), Chr15_62625024 (SEQ ID NO: 151), Chr3_86838677 (SEQ ID NO: 152), Chr24_4011833 (SEQ ID NO: 153), Chr18_60812198 (SEQ ID NO: 154), Chr10_65209946 (SEQ ID NO: 155), and the CGCCCC repeat at chromosome location 22:3135287; (b) one or more polymorphisms in linkage disequilibrium with a said polymorphism (a); and/or (c) Chr32_38904515 (SEQ ID NO: 156), Chr8_4892743 (SEQ ID NO: 157) and Chr8_4880518 (SEQ ID NO: 158).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: MARS, INC.
    Inventors: Alan James Martin, Paul Glyn Jones, Adrian Watson, Jan Rothuizen, Hille Fieten, Pieter Antonius Jozef Leegwater
  • Capsules, Apparatus and Methods for Preparing a Beverage
    Publication number: 20140287104
    Abstract: A beverage preparation capsule containing a beverage preparation ingredient, having a body with side walls formed from one or more substantially air- and liquid-impermeable sheet materials defining a chamber containing a beverage preparation ingredient and further defining an outlet channel having an upstream end in fluid communication with the chamber for escape of beverage from the chamber. At least a region of the outlet channel is filled by a filtration material for filtering the beverage escaping from the chamber. Also provided is a clamp assembly for preparing a beverage from such a capsule, the clamp assembly comprising two or more clamp members, wherein an inner wall of at least one of the clamp members comprises a concave base surface for receiving the capsule and one or more pressure pads projecting from the concave base surface for selectively constricting a region of the capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: MARS, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Austin, Paul Fletcher, David Knowles, Sam Hyde
  • Method and apparatus for drying an extruded material
    Patent number: 8834764
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of drying an extruded material that includes the steps of: providing a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam in a housing, extruding a material in the housing, drying the material in the gaseous atmosphere, and moving the dried material out of the housing. An apparatus for drying the extruded material is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Mars, Inc.
    Inventors: Siegfried Schmidt, Johannes P. Schlebusch
  • Confection
    Patent number: D715020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Mars, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy H. Moore, Carsten W. Astheimer
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D718372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D718373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D718805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D718806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D719998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D720388
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D722104
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D723092
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D725176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Costa del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D727396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D727399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D727401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D727404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D734808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D735263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Costa Del Mar, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Markovitz, Artiss Akarra