Patents by Inventor Donald M. Lucas

Donald M. Lucas 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).

  • METHODS OF FEEDING PIGS AND PRODUCTS COMPRISING BENEFICIAL FATTY ACIDS
    Publication number: 20090196950
    Abstract: The present invention provides for improved pork products for human consumption and methods of producing such pork products by incorporating healthy lipids containing stearidonic acid into swine feed products. Furthermore, the present invention provides methods for producing said products. In one embodiment of the invention, an animal may be fed feed comprising a transgenic plant product. In other embodiments of the invention, pork meat products for human consumption, such meat products comprising SDA, EPA, and DHA are disclosed. In further embodiments of the invention, pork products comprising novel fatty acid profiles are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Gary F. Hartnell, Virginia M. Ursin, Donald M. Lucas
  • Ruminant coccidiostats
    Patent number: 4192887
    Abstract: Methods of preventing and controlling coccidiosis in ruminant animals and for improving rate of weight gain by oral administration of salinomycin or 4-methylsalinomycin are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: A. H. Robins Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Grover D. Cloyd, Robert L. Miller, Donald M. Lucas