Patents by Inventor Franca Leo

Franca Leo 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).

  • Process for reducing the level of harmful substances in tobacco leaves
    Publication number: 20070137664
    Abstract: The process for reducing the level of harmful substances in tobacco leaves comprises the following steps: steeping the leaves in a water bath at a temperature of between 13° C. and 25° C. for between 4 and 12 hours, cooling the leaves to a temperature not higher than ?35° C.; and gradually heating the leaves at an average rate of not more than 2.0° C./h up to a temperature of at least 35° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventor: Franca Leo
  • Jacket for domestic animals
    Publication number: 20050229869
    Abstract: The jacket for domestic animals (18), in particular small and medium-sized dogs and cats, comprises a flexible element which is intended to extend round the body of the animal (18). A handle (28), which can allow the animal (18) to be carried by the person holding it, is further associated with the external surface of the portion of the flexible element which is intended, in normal use, to be next to the back of the animal (18). The handle (28) is preferably removable in a selective manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventor: Franca Leo
  • Chewable toy for animals
    Publication number: 20050139167
    Abstract: The chewable toy for animals can be produced by the moulding into a desired configuration of a mixture including: 100 parts by weight of a degradable polymeric composition comprising a starchy material and a degradable ethylene copolymer, from 5 to 30 parts by weight of isomalt, and from 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of garlic or derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: CIUFFO GATTO S.R.L
    Inventor: Franca Leo
  • Device for carrying a four-legged animal
    Publication number: 20050076853
    Abstract: A device for carrying a four-legged animal (10) comprises a sheet (12) of a flexible material which can be folded over so as to form a curved bottom portion (14) and an upper portion constituted by two edges (16) of the sheet (12) which have been brought together. Four apertures (18) are formed through the bottom portion (14) substantially at the four corners of a rectangle to enable the four legs of the animal (10) to pass through them. The upper portion has means enabling a user to hold the device in a suspended configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventor: Franca Leo
  • Animal chew toy of starch material and degradable ethylene copolymer
    Patent number: 5419283
    Abstract: A chew toy for animals is molded into the shape of a familiar animal food item, such as a dog bone, from a polymer composition which is both edible and degradable. The composition is essentially comprised of a starch material and a degradable ethylene copolymer, preferably poly-ethylene-acrylic acid or poly-ethylene, vinylalcohol. The preferred weight ratio of the ethylene copolymer and the starch material is within the range of about 1:1 to 2:1. Plasticizers and edible lubricants can also be added to the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Ciuffo Gatto S.r.l.
    Inventor: Franca Leo
  • Treatment of bulb vegetables such as garlic, onions and the like to free them from the so-called day-after effect
    Patent number: 5391390
    Abstract: Garlic, onion or like bulb vegetables are whisked in an appropriate quantity of water to obtain an intermediate product having the consistency of a very fluid cream which is subsequently subjected to freeze drying. The product obtained, ground to a powder, subsequently reconstituted with pre-selected comestible liquids, has been found to possess the properties of the starting bulbs but did not have the offensive day-after effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Inventor: Franca Leo
  • Food product for domestic animals and a method for its manufacture
    Patent number: 5087473
    Abstract: A food product for dogs and cats consists of a paste of meat, vegtables, eggs, mineral salts, maize flour, soya lecithin, milk or its derivatives, which is subsequently moulded to a desired shape. The product thus shaped is then freeze dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Inventor: Franca Leo
  • Toy for pets
    Patent number: D563610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Ciuffo Gatto S.r.l.
    Inventor: Franca Leo