Patents Assigned to George A. Jeffreys & Co.
  • Patent number: 6623750
    Abstract: Enzyme feed supplements containing fungal cellulase produced by Trichoderma viride are specially adapted for increasing protein digestability of dairy cow and cattle feed. Preferred embodiments of the present invention include enzyme formulations adapted for application to corn and enzyme formulations adapted for application to grain sorghum, to which is added Trichoderma viride cellulase. An increase in protein digestability has been evidenced by increased protein content of milk and increased nitrogen retention from the feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignees: Loveland Industries, Inc., George A. Jeffreys & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W. Cobb, James F. Tobey
  • Patent number: 5662901
    Abstract: The invention comprises two grain conditioners. The first grain conditioner, which is suitable for use on all grains, comprises a pectinase, a protease, a beta-glucanase and an amylase. The second grain conditioner, which is designed for use on easier-to-digest grains, comprises a pectinase, a beta-glucanase, an amylase and a hemicellulase. The invention also comprises animal feeds which comprise a grain which has been conditioned with one of the grain conditioners of the invention designed to be effective on that grain and methods of increasing the weight gain and feed utilization efficiency of an animal comprising feeding the novel animal feeds of the invention to the animal. The invention further comprises a method of conditioning a grain which comprises providing the grain, contacting the grain with one of the grain conditioners of the invention designed to be effective on that grain and incubating the grain and grain conditioner together for at least about 30 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignees: Loveland Industries, Inc., George A. Jeffreys & Co., Creative Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Tobey, Jr., J. Stanley McGee, Charles W. Cobb, William Cortner
  • Patent number: 4055666
    Abstract: A method of producing an animal food supplement by growing a yeast that utilizes lactose on a mixture of wheat bran or husks from different grains which are mixed with dried whey, moistened with water, cooled and inoculated with yeast, a dairy culture used in making buttermilk, and Lactobacillus acidophilus, placed on perforated trays, then incubated for 12 to 24 hours at 27.degree. to 34.degree. C. and dried at 43.degree. C. and lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1977
    Assignee: George A. Jeffreys & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: George A. Jeffreys, Jean L. Price, James F. Tobey