Patents by Inventor Ian W. Thomas

Ian W. Thomas 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 of utilizing offals for pet food manufacture
    Patent number: 7575771
    Abstract: The invention involves a method for the recover of commercial slaughter waste streams for use in the manufacture of commercial pet food products, wherein waste materials are collected following the commercial slaughter of animals, the greater part of those materials being size reduced as necessary and heated, whereupon a proteinaceous fraction, lipidaceous fraction, and aqueous fraction are formed and substantially separated from one another and wherein each of said fractions are subsequently used in the production of commercial pet foods or components thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Rachel Ciantar, David P. Alexander, Ian W. Thomas
  • Method of utilizing offals for pet food manufacture
    Publication number: 20040265470
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the recovery of commercial slaughter waste streams for use in the manufacture of commercial pet food products, wherein; waste materials are collected following the commercial slaughter of animals selected from the group consisting of bovine mammals, ovine mammals, porcine mammals, poultry and fish; the greater part of those materials are size-reduced as necessary; then heated; whereupon the proteinaceous fraction, lipidaceous fraction and aqueous fraction are substantially separated from one another; and wherein each of the proteinaceous fraction, lipidaceous fraction and aqueous fraction are subsequently used in the production of commercial pet foods or components thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Rachel Ciantar, David P. Alexander, Ian W. Thomas