Patents by Inventor Howard S. Weiss

Howard S. Weiss 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 and composition for increasing the concentration of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in poultry and poultry eggs and poultry and eggs resulting therefrom
    Patent number: 4918104
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of increasing the concentration of omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acids in poultry which comprises administering to the poultry an effective amount of preformed omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acid or a metabolic precursor thereof.The invention also involves a poultry feed composition useful in effecting this result.Also disclosed is a method of increasing the concentration of omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acids in poultry eggs which comprises administering to the poultry egg layers an effective amount of preformed omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acid or a metabolic precursor thereof.Further disclosed is a chicken and a poultry egg, each having omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acids at a concentration greater than that which naturally occurs or is normally present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Inventors: Howard S. Weiss, Carl S. Schwartz