Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Kasser

Thomas R. Kasser 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).

  • Increasing dressing percentage and carcass weight in finishing beef cattle
    Patent number: 5595752
    Abstract: Beef cattle treated with bovine somatotropin and an estrogenic agent during the final stages of growth show improved carcass weight and dressing percent when the somatotropin is administered intraperitoneally at a substantially constant rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kasser, Jeffrey W. Day
  • Somatotropin prolonged release
    Patent number: 4863736
    Abstract: Provided is a shaped article adapted for parenteral implantation, to obtain prolonged administration of a somatotropin to an animal comprising an effective dose of a solid somatotropin, which is essentially binder-free, essentially matrix-free and has at least one uncoated release surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Azain, Kenneth E. Eigenberg, Thomas R. Kasser, M. Jerome Sabacky