Patents by Inventor Mark Lee Dierking

Mark Lee Dierking 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 preparing a food composition
    Patent number: 8691315
    Abstract: A process for preparing a food composition that is easily removed from the container by contacting one or more hydrocolloids with water to prepare a colloidal solution, contacting the colloid solution with one or more food ingredients, and allowing the resulting mixture to form a solid mass having a gelatinous texture, and a food composition produced by such process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Robert Clark, Mark Lee Dierking
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING A MEAT AND CARBOHYDRATE BASED COMPOSITION FOR CONSUMPTION BY FELINES
    Publication number: 20090214738
    Abstract: A process for preparing a feline pet food composition comprising a meat based material having an essentially solid mass that assumes the shape of its container and the feline pet food composition prepared using the process. The pet food composition is characterized as having meat particles with a moisturized appearance and visually recognizable discrete food particles upon slicing the pet food mass after removal from a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Lee Dierking, Wai Lun Cheuk, Naina Kiran Shah
  • Process For Preparing A Food Composition
    Publication number: 20080299251
    Abstract: A process for preparing a food composition that is easily removed from the container by contacting one or more hydrocolloids with water to prepare a colloidal solution, contacting the colloid solution with one or more food ingredients, and allowing the resulting mixture to form a solid mass having a gelatinous texture, and a food composition produced by such process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Robert Clark, Mark Lee Dierking
  • Compositions For Feline Consumption
    Publication number: 20080268093
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions for feline consumption and methods of preparing such compositions. The compositions comprise at least about 65% by weight meat and have an essentially solid mass which assumes the shape of its container. The compositions are characterized as having a moisturized appearance and visually recognizable discrete food particles upon slicing the mass after removal from a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Eric Vaun Bowman, Joseph Robert Clark, Michael Timothy Madril, Wai Lun Cheuk, Mark Lee Dierking
  • New pet food composition and method
    Publication number: 20030099759
    Abstract: A canine pet food composition comprising a meat based material having an essentially solid mass assuming the shape of the container in which it is packed, said pet food having meat particles with a moisturized appearance and visually recognizable discrete food particles upon slicing the pet food mass after departure from the said container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
    Inventors: Wai Lun Cheuk, Mark Lee Dierking
  • Pet food composition and method
    Patent number: 6440485
    Abstract: A canine pet food composition comprising a meat based material having an essentially solid mass assuming the shape of the container in which it is packed, said pet food having meat particles with a moisturized appearance and visually recognizable discrete food particles upon slicing the pet food mass after departure from the said container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
    Inventors: Wai Lun Cheuk, Mark Lee Dierking