Patents by Inventor Robert G. Elkin

Robert G. Elkin 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).

  • Composition and method for producing low cholesterol eggs
    Publication number: 20010006697
    Abstract: An animal food composition effective in reducing the amount of cholesterol in an egg including an animal food and an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, preferably a, statin, is described. A method of reducing the amount of cholesterol in an egg by administering to an egg-laying animal an amount of a cholesterol-reducing component effective in reducing the amount of cholesterol in said egg and the eggs produced are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventors: Robert G. Elkin, Zhihong Yan
  • Composition and method for producing low cholesterol eggs
    Patent number: 6177121
    Abstract: An animal food composition effective in reducing the amount of cholesterol in an egg including an animal food and an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, preferably a statin, is described. A method of reducing the amount of cholesterol in an egg by administering to an egg-laying animal an amount of a cholesterol-reducing component effective in reducing the amount of cholesterol in said egg and the eggs produced are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Robert G. Elkin, Zhihong Yan