Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Flickinger

Elizabeth Flickinger 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).

  • Patent number: 10212917
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cat attractant that comprises alfalfa meal at a plant fiber having an acidic pH, such as cranberry fiber. It has been found that the cat attractant can be used to render a cat litter box more attractive to cats, and, it is believed, to thereby mitigate litter aversion syndrome. Also disclosed are an animal litter, a method of preparing an animal litter, and a method of using the cat attractant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Kent Pet Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Elizabeth Flickinger, Michael Eversmeyer
  • Publication number: 20190000033
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cat attractant that comprises alfalfa meal at a plant fiber having an acidic pH, such as cranberry fiber. It has been found that the cat attractant can be used to render a cat litter box more attractive to cats, and, it is believed, to thereby mitigate litter aversion syndrome. Also disclosed are an animal litter, a method of preparing an animal litter, and a method of using the cat attractant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Elizabeth Flickinger, Michael Eversmeyer
  • Patent number: 10085415
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cat attractant that comprises alfalfa meal and a plant fiber having an acidic pH, such as cranberry fiber. It has been found that the cat attractant can be used to render a cat litter box more attractive to cats, and, it is believed, to thereby mitigate litter aversion syndrome. Also disclosed are an animal litter, a method of preparing an animal litter, and a method of using the cat attractant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Kent Pet Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Elizabeth Flickinger, Michael Eversmeyer
  • Publication number: 20070202211
    Abstract: The animal food composition of the present invention is pro-nutritional, and is convenient to the pet owner. The animal food composition promotes a healthy body weight in an animal and is palatable to an animal, provides a highly effective nutritional aid, promotes a means for controlling fecal hair excretion, controlling oral hair excretion, trichobezoar formation, and satiety in an animal. The animal food composition contains a nut shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: The Iams Company and Southeastern Reduction Company
    Inventors: Eric Altom, Thomas Boileau, Elizabeth Flickinger, John Nizio
  • Publication number: 20070202154
    Abstract: The process of the present invention comprises an animal food composition that is fed to animals and is pro-nutritional, and is convenient to the pet owner. When the pet owner feeds the animal food composition to the animal, the ingested composition promotes a healthy body weight in the animal and is palatable to the animal, provides a highly effective nutritional aid, promotes a means for controlling fecal hair excretion, controlling oral hair excretion, trichobezoar formation, and satiety in an animal. The animal food composition contains a nut shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: The Iams Company and Southeastern Reduction Company
    Inventors: Eric Altom, Thomas Boileau, Elizabeth Flickinger, John Nizio
  • Publication number: 20050208105
    Abstract: Disclosed here are methods, compositions, and kits which are useful for weight management benefits in the mammal. Each of the methods, compositions, and kits utilize an added boron source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sean Murray, Tracy Murray, Gregory Sunvold, Elizabeth Flickinger