Patents by Inventor Bruce Dexter King

Bruce Dexter King 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).

  • Natamycin-containing streptomyces biomass and its use in animal feed
    Patent number: 5902579
    Abstract: Natamycin biomass comprising 5-60% natamycin, most preferably 25-60% natamycin, and methods for forming the biomass, are disclosed. The natamycin biomass can be mixed with compatible carrier to form a premix comprising 0.2-5% natamycin. The premlix may be mixed with animal feed to form an animal feed mixture comprising cracked grain and 1.1-110 ppm of natamycin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Bio-Technical Resources
    Inventors: Michael Alan Eisenschink, James R. Millis, Phillip Terry Olson, Bruce Dexter King, Mary Ellen Rowland
  • Method for enhancing feed efficiency in ruminants with an encapsulating choline composition
    Patent number: 5807594
    Abstract: A method of enhancing weight gain and feed efficiency in a ruminant, comprising administering to the ruminant a feed efficiency enhancing amount of a choline-containing composition, wherein the choline-containing composition is encapsulated in such a manner as to reduce decomposition of the choline-containing composition in the rumen of the ruminant when administered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Ducoa, L.P.
    Inventors: Bruce Dexter King, Ronald Edward Rompala
  • Measurement of mold growth on amorphous substrates
    Patent number: 5648231
    Abstract: A method for rapidly determining mold growth on feed is disclosed. The method comprises placing a sample of feed containing mold spores in a closed container; maintaining an environment that will support rapid mold growth; measuring the change in concentration of oxygen and/or carbon dioxide; and correlating the concentration change with the rate of mold growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Ducoa, L.P.
    Inventor: Bruce Dexter King