Patents by Inventor Michelle Marie Houston

Michelle Marie Houston 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 dusting animal food
    Patent number: 11154077
    Abstract: A dusted pet food kibble and a process for dusting a pet food kibble comprising providing a pet food kibble in the form of a core matrix, providing a powder comprising a first component that can comprise an active ingredient, such as Probiotic microorganism particles, and dusting the powder onto the pet food kibble to form a dusted kibble. The dusting can occur substantially free of a binder. An animal feed comprising a kibble in the form of a core dusted with active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Michelle Marie Houston, Gregory Dean Sunvold
  • Animal food and its appearance
    Patent number: 10104903
    Abstract: Animal feeds comprising at least one kibble comprising a colored appearance. The colored appearance can communicate to a purchaser of the animal feed that the kibble provides a health benefit. The kibble can further comprise an active, such as a Probiotic, that provides a health benefit. The active kibbles can be mixed with non-active kibbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Rebecca Massie Grey, Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Michelle Marie Houston
  • Animal food having low water activity
    Patent number: 9210945
    Abstract: An active or Probiotic animal food having a low water activity that can be contained within a package having a low vapor transmission rate. The animal food can have a shelf life sufficient to deliver a target dose of Probiotic to an animal. The water activity of the animal food can be controlled. The activity level of the Probiotic can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: The Iams Company
    Inventors: Monika Barbara Horgan, Gregory Dean Sunvold, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Michelle Marie Houston
  • PROCESS FOR DUSTING ANIMAL FOOD
    Publication number: 20150313258
    Abstract: A dusted pet food kibble and a process for dusting a pet food kibble comprising providing a pet food kibble in the form of a core matrix, providing a powder comprising a first component that can comprise an active ingredient, such as Probiotic microorganism particles, and dusting the powder onto the pet food kibble to form a dusted kibble. The dusting can occur substantially free of a binder. An animal feed comprising a kibble in the form of a core dusted with active ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Michelle Marie Houston, Gregory Dean Sunvold
  • Animal food kibble with electrostatically adhered dusting
    Patent number: 9173423
    Abstract: A method of providing an animal food having an active. A Probiotic animal food having a low water activity that can be contained within a package having a low vapor transmission rate. The animal food can have a shelf life sufficient to deliver a target dose of Probiotic to an animal. The water activity of the animal food can be controlled. The activity level of the Probiotic can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Iams Company
    Inventors: Monika Barbara Horgan, Gregory Dean Sunvold, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Michelle Marie Houston
  • Dusted animal food
    Patent number: 8691303
    Abstract: A dusted pet food kibble and a process for dusting a pet food kibble comprising providing a pet food kibble in the form of a core matrix, providing a powder comprising a first component that can comprise an active ingredient, such as Probiotic microorganism particles, and dusting the powder onto the pet food kibble to form a dusted kibble. The dusting can occur substantially free of a binder. An animal feed comprising a kibble in the form of a core dusted with active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: The Iams Company
    Inventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Michelle Marie Houston
  • Animal Food Having Low Water Activity
    Publication number: 20110027418
    Abstract: An active or Probiotic animal food having a low water activity that can be contained within a package having a low vapor transmission rate. The animal food can have a shelf life sufficient to deliver a target dose of Probiotic to an animal. The water activity of the animal food can be controlled. The activity level of the Probiotic can be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Monika Barbara Horgan, Gregory Dean Sunvold, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Michelle Marie Houston
  • Process for Dusting Animal Food
    Publication number: 20110027417
    Abstract: A dusted pet food kibble and a process for dusting a pet food kibble comprising providing a pet food kibble in the form of a core matrix, providing a powder comprising a first component that can comprise an active ingredient, such as Probiotic microorganism particles, and dusting the powder onto the pet food kibble to form a dusted kibble. The dusting can occur substantially free of a binder. An animal feed comprising a kibble in the form of a core dusted with active ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Michelle Marie Houston, Gregory Dean Sunvold
  • Animal Food Having Low Water Activity
    Publication number: 20110027343
    Abstract: A method of providing an animal food having an active. A Probiotic animal food having a low water activity that can be contained within a package having a low vapor transmission rate. The animal food can have a shelf life sufficient to deliver a target dose of Probiotic to an animal. The water activity of the animal food can be controlled. The activity level of the Probiotic can be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Monika Barbara Horgan, Gregory Dean Sunvold, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Michelle Marie Houston
  • Dusted Animal Food
    Publication number: 20110027416
    Abstract: A dusted pet food kibble and a process for dusting a pet food kibble comprising providing a pet food kibble in the form of a core matrix, providing a powder comprising a first component that can comprise an active ingredient, such as Probiotic microorganism particles, and dusting the powder onto the pet food kibble to form a dusted kibble. The dusting can occur substantially free of a binder. An animal feed comprising a kibble in the form of a core dusted with active ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Michelle Marie Houston
  • Animal Food and Its Appearance
    Publication number: 20110027419
    Abstract: Animal feeds comprising at least one kibble comprising a colored appearance. The colored appearance can communicate to a purchaser of the animal feed that the kibble provides a health benefit. The kibble can further comprise an active, such as a Probiotic, that provides a health benefit. The active kibbles can be mixed with non-active kibbles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Rebecca Massie Grey, Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Michelle Marie Houston
  • Vitamin retention of pet food
    Publication number: 20100303978
    Abstract: A pet food in the form of a coated kibble that improves vitamin retention. A process of improving vitamin retention of a pet food in the form of a coated kibble. The process can include extruding a mixture to form a core pellet, providing a coating, wherein the coating comprises a vitamin; and applying the coating to the core pellet to form a coated kibble. The vitamin retention can be improved by applying the coating comprising the vitamin when compared to extruding a core with a vitamin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Michelle Marie Houston