Patents by Inventor Liisa Mooney

Liisa Mooney 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).

  • Food product for hairball treatment
    Patent number: 8128956
    Abstract: A pet food product for hairball treatment that includes a shell component completely surrounding an inner component to form one dual textured pet food product, wherein the shell component is harder than the inner component. The shell component can include a mixture of soluble and insoluble fiber and can include at least one ingredient comprising a carbohydrate, fat, protein or combination thereof. The inner component comprises a mixture of ingredients, wherein the ingredients include a lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Mars, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan A. Torney, Kasim A. Zubair, Liisa Mooney, Frank Shields, Tiffany L. Bierer
  • NUTRITIONALLY COMPLETE PET FOOD AND METHOD OF FEEDING AND MANUFACTURING SAME
    Publication number: 20080138464
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nutritionally complete and preferably balanced, shelf stable pet food product, a method of feeding the pet food product to an animal and a process of manufacturing that pet food product. The method of feeding an animal includes the step of feeding a preferred pet food product to the animal, wherein the pet food product is a nutritionally complete meal and is configured such that the animal can hold the product with its appendages while eating the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Stewart Townsend, Kristin Boyle, Dan Beyer, Oscar Ortiz, Allan A. Torney, Frank Shields, Helen Munday, Alexandre Consul Mendes, Angel Hernandez, Emine Unlu, Saeed Ahmed, Peter S. Slusarczyk, Christopher Frank, Liisa Mooney, Kasim A. Zubair
  • Performance Oral Snack
    Publication number: 20070148282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a canine dental chew composition comprising a protein source material, a scrubber, moisture; and humectant and having a specific disintegration and hardness properties which ensure dental care clinical efficacy, high safety, high palatability and is nutritionally complete and balanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Kasim Zubair, Tiffany Bierer, Liisa Mooney, Allan Torney, Yijun Wang
  • Edible pet chew
    Publication number: 20060188611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a product and a method of making a pet chew that is edible and highly digestible. The pet chew comprises 5 to about 50% (w/w) protein, about 20 to about 80% (w/w) carbohydrate, about 5 to about 50% (w/w) humectant, and about 5 to about 30 % (w/w) water. When formed, the pet chew comprises a hardness measurement of about 5 kg to about 60 kg and an elasticity measurement of about 3 mm to about 40 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Emine Unlu, Oscar Ortiz, Arnab Sarkar, Allan Torney, Liisa Mooney, Kasim Zubair, Dino Ruffa, Frank Shields
  • Nutritionally complete pet food and method of feeding and manufacturing same
    Publication number: 20050181097
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nutritionally complete and preferably balanced, shelf stable pet food product, a method of feeding the pet food product to an animal and a process of manufacturing that pet food product. The method of feeding an animal includes the step of feeding a preferred pet food product to the animal, wherein the pet food product is a nutritionally complete meal and is configured such that the animal can hold the product with its appendages while eating the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: MARS, INC.
    Inventors: Stewart Townsend, Kristin Boyle, Dan Beyer, Oscar Ortiz, Allan Torney, Frank Shields, Helen Munday, Alexandre Mendes, Angel Hernandez, Emine Unlu, Saeed Ahmed, Peter Slusarczyk, Christopher Frank, Liisa Mooney, Kasim Zubair, Tiffany Bierer
  • Food product for hairball treatment
    Publication number: 20050084517
    Abstract: A pet food product for hairball treatment that includes a shell component completely surrounding an inner component to form one dual textured pet food product, wherein the shell component is harder than the inner component. The shell component can include a mixture of soluble and insoluble fiber and can include at least one ingredient comprising a carbohydrate, fat, protein or combination thereof. The inner component comprises a mixture of ingredients, wherein the ingredients include a lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: MARS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Allan Torney, Kasim Zubair, Liisa Mooney, Frank Shields, Tiffany Bierer
  • Nutritionally complete pet food and method of feeding and manufacturing same
    Publication number: 20040253342
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nutritionally complete and preferably balanced, shelf stable pet food product, a method of feeding the pet food product to an animal and a process of manufacturing that pet food product. The method of feeding an animal includes the step of feeding a preferred pet food product to the animal, wherein the pet food product is a nutritionally complete meal and is configured such that the animal can hold the product with its appendages while eating the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: MARS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stewart Townsend, Kristin Boyle, Dan Beyer, Oscar Ortiz, Allan A. Torney, Frank Shields, Helen Munday, Alexandre Consul Mendes, Angel Hernandez, Emine Unlu, Saeed Ahmed, Peter S. Slusarczyk, Christopher Frank, Liisa Mooney, Kasim X. Zubair
  • Composition for enhancing nutritional content of food
    Publication number: 20030194423
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a ready-to-use composition for supplementing nutritional content of a pet food. The composition comprises, on a dry matter basis, from about 15 to about 80% by weight of a protein component, from about 20 to about 85% by weight of a humectant, and from about 1 to about 50% by weight of a lipid component. The composition does not require sterilization or addition of chemical preservative, thereby making the invention suitable for delivery of nutritional functional ingredients that are heat labile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: MARS, INC.
    Inventors: Allan A. Torney, Liisa Mooney, Peter Slusarczyk
  • Animal chew
    Patent number: D516276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Emine Unlu, Oscar Ortiz, Phillip Walter Turner, Allan Torney, Franks Shields, Liisa Mooney