Patents by Inventor Donald R. Gill

Donald R. Gill has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods for improving meat tenderness
    Patent number: 5968565
    Abstract: A method for increasing the tenderness of livestock meat tissues. The method involves increasing the calcium concentration in livestock muscle tissue prior to harvest of the animal to a degree sufficient to activate or enhance postmortem tenderization mechanisms. This is accomplished, most preferably, through the administration of Vitamin D, its analogs or derivatives, or combinations thereof, to livestock at concentrations above those required nutritionally in order to decrease shear force (increase tenderness) of meat tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University
    Inventors: Fredric N. Owens, Donald R. Gill, J. Brad Morgan