Patents by Inventor Fredric N. Owens

Fredric N. Owens 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).

  • Use of High-Oleic Distillers Grains in Animal Feed to Improve Animal Product Quality
    Publication number: 20110070327
    Abstract: A novel method for improving the meat, milk, and egg quality of livestock is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises feeding the animal a diet supplemented with oleic acid and distillers grains. The source of the oleic acid may be distillers grain from high-oleic corn. The method improves the quality of meat from both non-ruminants and ruminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Fred R. Wolf, Fredric N. Owens, Cindi S. Zimmermann
  • Method of improving animal tissue quality
    Patent number: 6977269
    Abstract: A novel method for improving the tissue quality of an animal is provided. The method comprises feeding the animal a diet supplemented with gamma-tocopherol in an amount effective to improve the tissue quality. The gamma-tocopherol may be fed alone or in combination with other antioxidants, such as alpha-tocopherol. The method may be practiced on ruminants and non-ruminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc
    Inventors: Court A. Saunders, Fred R. Wolf, Thomas E. Sauber, Fredric N. Owens
  • Methods for improving meat tenderness
    Patent number: 5968565
    Abstract: A method for increasing the tenderness of livestock meat tissues. The method involves increasing the calcium concentration in livestock muscle tissue prior to harvest of the animal to a degree sufficient to activate or enhance postmortem tenderization mechanisms. This is accomplished, most preferably, through the administration of Vitamin D, its analogs or derivatives, or combinations thereof, to livestock at concentrations above those required nutritionally in order to decrease shear force (increase tenderness) of meat tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University
    Inventors: Fredric N. Owens, Donald R. Gill, J. Brad Morgan