Patents by Inventor Cindi S. Zimmermann

Cindi S. Zimmermann 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).

  • Use of a high-oleic and high-tocol diet in combination with a non-tocol antioxidant for improving animal meat quality
    Patent number: 8709526
    Abstract: A novel method for improving the meat quality of an animal is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises feeding the animal a diet supplemented with oleic acid and tocols and subsequently formulating the meat with a non-tocol antioxidant such as rosemary extract. The source of the oleic acid and/or tocols may be transgenic corn that employs the FAD-2 gene as a silencing agent for a high-oleic phenotype and/or expresses the HGGT gene for a high-tocotrienol phenotype. The method improves the quality of meat from both non-ruminants and ruminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Fred R. Wolf, Cindi S. Zimmermann, Court A. Saunders
  • Use of High-Oleic Distillers Grains in Animal Feed to Improve Animal Product Quality
    Publication number: 20110070327
    Abstract: A novel method for improving the meat, milk, and egg quality of livestock is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises feeding the animal a diet supplemented with oleic acid and distillers grains. The source of the oleic acid may be distillers grain from high-oleic corn. The method improves the quality of meat from both non-ruminants and ruminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Fred R. Wolf, Fredric N. Owens, Cindi S. Zimmermann