Patents Assigned to Mars UK Limited
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Patent number: 8088420Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the optimum macronutrient content of a diet for an individual companion animal and for optimised diets determined according to such a method.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventor: Simon Reginald Hall
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Patent number: 7891312Abstract: Apparatus and method for producing a regular film of foodstuff, comprising a first roll on to which foodstuff is applied in fluid or plastic form, and an independent second roll spaced from the first by a distance t1 on to which a film of foodstuff of thickness t1 is applied by means of the first roll. Also apparatus and method for producing a layered foodstuff produce additionally comprising a doctor blade on the second roll and a rotary former including a number of cavities in which the foodstuff is collected.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2002Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Mars (UK) LimitedInventors: Peter Clarke, Will Taylor, Sergey Vodvud, Allen Donnelly
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Publication number: 20090178625Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an electrostatically charged cloth for reducing the allegenicity of an animal. It also relates to a method of reducing the allegenicity of an animal, using such a cloth. It also relates to an animal grooming device comprising an electrostatically charged cloth.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2005Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: Mars UK LimitedInventors: Adrian Watson, Sally Beyer, Paul Richard Heaton
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Publication number: 20080069921Abstract: The present invention provides a dietary regime for a companion animal. The dietary regime comprises feeding the companion animal a food product which is designed for administration for a particular event. The present invention includes a sequence of products for feeding at prescribed times or in a prescribed order to accommodate a physiological need or modify a physiological response.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicants: MARS INCORPORATED, Mars UK LimitedInventors: Jennifer Bruce, Richard Bradley, Simon Hall
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Publication number: 20060204552Abstract: The present invention provides a composition preferably a pet foodstuff comprising pantothenic acid, nicotinamide, histidine, inositol and choline wherein pantothenic acid is provided at a level of 10 mg to 500 mg per 400 kcal per day, its use in the treatment of a skin disorder and methods of controlling a skin disorder. The invention further provides a method of manufacturing a composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2004Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: MARS UK LIMITEDInventors: Timothy Fray, Peter Markwell, Leslie Adrian
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Publication number: 20040208979Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of ensuring acceptance of a foodstuff to said cat by providing said foodstuff with specific macronutrient content parameters. The present invention provides a method of ensuring the acceptance of a foodstuff to a cat, the method comprising feeding to said cat, a foodstuff having a protein:energy ratio of from 40 to 60%, a carbohydrate:energy ratio of 25% or less and a fat:energy ratio of from 15 to 60%, wherein the energy ratios are based on the total energy content of the foodstuff.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2003Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Mars UK LimitedInventors: Andrew T. Miller, Sandy M. Bollengier-Lee, Simon R. Hall
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Patent number: 6656512Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of coconut endosperm fiber as a dietary fiber component in a pet food product, to the use of coconut endosperm fiber in the manufacture of a pet food product, to a pet food product which comprises coconut endosperm fiber, to a process for making such a pet food product and to a method comprising feeding such a pet food product to a pet animal. The present invention also relates to the use of coconut endosperm fiber in reducing and preventing intestinal inflammation and in reducing and preventing pathogenic bacterial infection in the large intestine of a pet animal.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventors: Janel Fone, Catriona J. Giffard, Marie-Louise Baillon
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Patent number: 6652892Abstract: A breath-freshening pet food composition comprising at least 40 ppm by weight of one or more plant extract(s), preferably selected from essential oils.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2002Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventors: Philip Martin McGenity, Daniel Robert Baker
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Publication number: 20030064129Abstract: A breath-freshening pet food composition comprising at least 40 ppm by weight of one or more plant extract(s), preferably selected from essential oils.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2002Publication date: April 3, 2003Applicant: Mars UK LimitedInventors: Philip Martin McGenity, Daniel Robert Baker
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Patent number: 6495176Abstract: A breath-freshening pet food composition comprising at least 40 ppm by weight of one or more plant extract(s), preferably selected from essential oils.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2001Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventors: Philip Martin McGenity, Daniel Robert Baker
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Patent number: 6391375Abstract: The present invention relates to a pet food product which comprises chicory in an amount which maintains good faeces quality or improves the faeces quality of a pet and/or maintains good gastrointestinal tract health or improves the gastrointestinal health of a pet. It also relates to the use of chicory in achieving these results, a method for achieving them and a process for the preparation of such a pet food product.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventor: Janel Fone
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Patent number: 6358545Abstract: A beverage producing sachet comprising two laminates bonded at their edges and having a bottom seam with an openable portion thereof sealed by a pressure-sensitive adhesive. The base seam includes a reinforcing plastics strip which is heat sealed to both of the laminates except in the openable portion where it is bonded to one of the laminates by pressure-sensitive adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2000Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventors: Kevin Paul Chandler, Umberto Richichi
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Patent number: 6331567Abstract: A diet or foodstuff for enhancing and/or improving the skin and coat condition of an animal has (A) zinc at a concentration of at least 28 mg/400 kcal and linoleic acid at a concentration of at least 4 g/400 kcal; or (B) zinc at a concentration of at least 20 mg/400 kcal and linoleic acid at a concentration of at least 6 g/400 kcal. A dietary supplement, topical application, and a method are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1998Date of Patent: December 18, 2001Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventors: Timothy David George Watson, Katrina Anne Marsh
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Patent number: 6177107Abstract: The present invention is directed to a foodstuff or a dietary supplement that includes biotin at a concentration of at least 0.2 mg/400 kcal and one or more B vitamins at a total concentration of biotin plus B vitamins of at least 33.2 mg/400 kcal. The present invention is also directed to the method of using and preparing the foodstuff or dietary supplement.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1998Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventors: Timothy David George Watson, Katrina Anne Marsh
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Patent number: 5787684Abstract: A multiple pack of individually packaged items comprises an array of individual packages in a desired configuration which array is held in the desired configuration by a planar sheet material adhered to each package of the array. The planar sheet material is preferably a sheet of corrugated cardboard. The invention also includes a method of forming the multiple pack and apparatus for use.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1997Date of Patent: August 4, 1998Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventor: Peter Arnold Compton
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Patent number: D453655Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2001Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventors: Richard Powell, Matthew Tidnam, Barnaby Swayne, Michael Wright, David Bridge
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Patent number: D483547Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2001Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventor: Clive Norton
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Patent number: D485421Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2003Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventor: Clive Norton
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Patent number: D485962Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2003Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventor: Clive Norton
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Patent number: D485963Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2003Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventor: Clive Norton