Patents by Inventor Dennis Henley

Dennis Henley 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).

  • Method for the reduction of stress in meat producing animals and meat produced from slaughtered animals treated thereby
    Patent number: 6133321
    Abstract: A method of reducing the stress in meat producing animals and of improving the quality of the meat produced from slaughtering said animals, while reducing the number of animals lost due to incapacitation, injury, or untimely death, by administering to the animals an effective amount of epinephrine or an epinephrine-like drug sufficient to acclimate the animal, and allowing the animal then to rest before loading the animal to be slaughtered by industry standard procedures for such meat producing animals. This method produces a meat with high sensory qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Swift & Company
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Prusa, Christine A. Fedler, Dennis Henley, Leonard Huskey