Patents by Inventor Nathan PIKE

Nathan PIKE 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).

  • DISSOLVABLE MICRO-INGREDIENT CONTAINERS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDS USING SUCH CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20220125075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dissolvable containers for animal feed micro-ingredients, and methods for using such dissolvable containers to prepare an animal feed mixture. Ingredients required in very small amounts with respect to the rest of the components in an animal feed, i.e., micro-ingredients, can be pre-measured and sealed within the dissolvable containers, which can be made from a water-soluble polymer film, then added to the other feed components when the complete animal feed is being prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: CAN Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Pike, Anna Taylor, Steve Bachman
  • Dissolvable micro-ingredient containers and methods for preparing animal feeds using such containers
    Patent number: 11234453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dissolvable containers for animal feed micro-ingredients, and methods for using such dissolvable containers to prepare an animal feed mixture. Ingredients required in very small amounts with respect to the rest of the components in an animal feed, i.e., micro-ingredients, can be pre-measured and sealed within the dissolvable containers, which can be made from a water-soluble polymer film, then added to the other feed components when the complete animal feed is being prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Can Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Pike, Anna Taylor, Steve Bachman
  • DISSOLVABLE MICRO-INGREDIENT CONTAINERS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDS USING SUCH CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20210219576
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dissolvable containers for animal feed micro-ingredients, and methods for using such dissolvable containers to prepare an animal feed mixture. Ingredients required in very small amounts with respect to the rest of the components in an animal feed, i.e., micro-ingredients, can be pre-measured and sealed within the dissolvable containers, which can be made from a water-soluble polymer film, then added to the other feed components when the complete animal feed is being prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: CAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan PIKE, Anna TAYLOR, Steve BACHMAN
  • Feed pellets and related systems and methods
    Patent number: 10743565
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of making a feed pellet for an animal by agglomerating at least two ingredients in a first apparatus to form a plurality of nuclei and tumbling the plurality of nuclei in a second apparatus and simultaneously providing additional amounts of the at least two ingredients to the second apparatus, thereby forming a plurality of feed pellets for an animal. The present disclosure also relates to associated feed pellets and systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: CAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Todd G. Brion, James Nathan Pike
  • FEED PELLETS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20160235093
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of making a feed pellet for an animal by agglomerating at least two ingredients in a first apparatus to form a plurality of nuclei and tumbling the plurality of nuclei in a second apparatus and simultaneously providing additional amounts of the at least two ingredients to the second apparatus, thereby forming a plurality of feed pellets for an animal. The present disclosure also relates to associated feed pellets and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: CAN Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd G. BRION, James Nathan PIKE