Patents by Inventor H. Bruce Perry

H. Bruce Perry 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).

  • Method of feeding a ruminant
    Patent number: 7160552
    Abstract: A method of feeding ruminants, the method including feeding a ruminant a fluid animal feed during a feeding period, the fluid animal feed including an animal feed component and the ruminant consuming greater than about 1.25 pounds of the animal feed component per day, based on the dry weight of the animal feed component, during the feeding period; and the method further including feeding the ruminant a psyllium composition during the feeding period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LLC
    Inventors: Bill L. Miller, H. Bruce Perry, Thomas Edward Johnson
  • Method of feeding a ruminant
    Publication number: 20030068390
    Abstract: A method of feeding ruminants, the method including feeding a ruminant a fluid animal feed during a feeding period, the fluid animal feed including an animal feed component and the ruminant consuming greater than about 1.25 pounds of the animal feed component per day, based on the dry weight of the animal feed component, during the feeding period; and the method further including feeding the ruminant a psyllium composition during the feeding period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Land O'Lakes Farmland Feed LLC
    Inventors: Bill L. Miller, H. Bruce Perry, Thomas Edward Johnson
  • Whey permeate-derived sweetener
    Patent number: 5213826
    Abstract: The present invention includes a whey permeate-derived dry sweetener made from a condensed whey permeate and a method of feeding animals the dry whey permeate sweetener. The condensed whey permeate is at least partially caramelized and has a protein level of less than approximately 8% and a lactose level of at least approximately 79% on a dry matter basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill L. Miller, H. Bruce Perry, Robert DeGregorio
  • Whey permeate-derived sweetener
    Patent number: 5009899
    Abstract: The present invention includes a whey permeate-derived dry sweetener made from a condensed whey permeate and a method of feeding animals the dry whey permeate sweetener. The condensed whey permeate is at least partially caramelized and has a protein level of less than approximately 8% and a lactose level of at least approximately 79% on a dry matter basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill L. Miller, H. Bruce Perry, Robert DeGregorio