Patents by Inventor Daniel B. Weyant

Daniel B. Weyant 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).

  • Concentrated spent fermentation beer or saccharopolyspora erythraea activated by an enzyme mixture as a nutritional feed supplement
    Patent number: 6616953
    Abstract: A feed additive composition which contains enzyme-treated, concentrated spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea; a method for making a feed additive containing enzyme-treated concentrated spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea; a process for improving the nutritive value of spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea by enzymatic treatment; a method for feeding livestock with a feed containing an enzyme-treated, concentrated spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea additive and a process for improving poultry feed conversion, breast meat yield and intestinal strength by feeding a feed containing an enzyme-treated, concentrated spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea additive are disclosed. Preferably, the spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea is treated with a cellulase and at least one glycosidase, and then concentrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Daniel J. Fidler, Jay Sanford Lampel, Daniel B. Weyant
  • Concentrated spent fermentation beer of saccharopolyspora erythraea activated by an enzyme mixture as a nutitional feed supplement
    Publication number: 20020146484
    Abstract: A feed additive composition which contains enzyme-treated, concentrated spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea; a method for making a feed additive containing enzyme-treated concentrated spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea; a process for improving the nutritive value of spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea by enzymatic treatment; a method for feeding livestock with a feed containing an enzyme-treated, concentrated spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea additive and a process for improving poultry feed conversion, breast meat yield and intestinal strength by feeding a feed containing an enzyme-treated, concentrated spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea additive are disclosed. Preferably, the spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea is treated with a cellulase and at least one glycosidase, and then concentrated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Daniel J. Fidler, Jay Sanford Lampel, Daniel B. Weyant