Patents Assigned to ATP, Ltd.
  • Chitin based diet for bivalves
    Patent number: 5052340
    Abstract: A method of feeding bivalves comprises periodically adding comminuted chitin-containing material having particles smaller than 40 .mu.m to a body of water containing bivalves. Arthropod exoskeletons, and particularly, crab shells, are a relatively inexpensive and readily obtainable chitin-containing material that can be comminuted and used for feeding bivalves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: ATP, Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard A. Smucker, Myron E. Taylor