Pet Food For Dog, Cat, Bird, Or Fish Patents (Class 426/805)
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Patent number: 8394438Abstract: A molded animal chew toy including a resin, a fluid such as water, and meat jerky, particularly chicken jerky, is provided. Processes for forming such resin/water/jerky composition into shapes by direct injection molding, including a desired screw design, are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2007Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: T.F.H. Publications, Inc.Inventors: Glen S. Axelrod, Ajay Gajria
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Patent number: 8367144Abstract: The invention relates to a pet's chew prepared from natural materials of renewable sources. The chew is both edible and biodegradable, and furthermore has excellent mechanical properties giving it a long lasting time, even if used for strong animals such as large dogs.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2003Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Paragon Products B.V.Inventors: Willem Theodoor Martinus Pater, Richard Volk, Geraldus Gerardus Johannes Schennink
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Patent number: 8349381Abstract: An edible pet chew that is made of rehydrated hide about an inner fill via a positioning sheath.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventor: Christopher Alan Weinberg
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Patent number: 8337935Abstract: The present invention provides a method of processing porkhide dog chews. The method includes the step of first subjecting pigskin rawhide to defatting and depilation treatment. Then the rawhide is split to obtain a first, a second, a third and a fourth layer of rawhide material. The rawhide material undergoes defatting, rinsing, and sun-drying to produce a finished hide product. The hide product is smoked to achieve objectives of dying and flavoring to result in a finished porkhide dog chew product.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Prestige Pet Products, Inc.Inventor: Zhu Zhao Chong
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Patent number: 8309157Abstract: A flexible, strip-shaped food product is made by comminuting substantially frozen meat and heating the comminuted meat to at least partially denature the meat proteins and cooling the cooked meat. About 4% by weight to about 45% by weight of wheat flour is admixed with the cooked meat, along with other ingredients, to form a dough. Use of the wheat flour unexpectedly increases tensile strength of the dough and products baked from the dough, and maintains flexibility of the strip-shaped food products over an extended period of time. Cooking of the meat in the presence of salt unexpectedly increases water activity of the pieces, resulting in a product that has a skin and a moist middle, while maintaining tensile strength. The dough is rotary-molded into strip-shaped pieces. The rotary mold may have angled die cups. The strip-shaped dough pieces are then baked and dried.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Del Monte CorporationInventors: Robert Lombard, Kenchu Tham, Haitao Ni, Paul Ziemba, Harry Levine
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Patent number: 8293278Abstract: Compositions, methods for forming compositions, and methods for using compositions for reducing tadpole shrimp populations in temporary pools using the hormone methyl farnesoate. Compositions can include a dry base having a bulk ingredient, a viscous additive having an oily compound, a saline solution, and preparation having an effective amount of phospholipid-encapsulated methyl farnesoate. The composition can be formed by combining the dry base and the viscous additive into a first mixture and adding all or a portion of the saline solution to form a crumbly consistency. Then, the methyl farnesoate preparation can be added. The composition may then be formed into a plurality of particles having shapes and sizes for consumption by the tadpole shrimp. In use, the particles may be dispensed prior to, or immediately after, the temporary pools are flooded with water. The particles may be formed such that they can withstand exposure to water for between about 4 to about 14 days.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Fresno California State UniversityInventor: Brian K C Tsukimura
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Patent number: 8268374Abstract: A method for manufacturing pet food with an ultrasonic horn and an anvil, using human grade ingredients without the use of additives, including but not limited to preservatives, plasticizers, binders and fluidizers.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Creative Resonance, Inc.Inventor: Roberto Capodieci
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Patent number: 8257775Abstract: A molded animal chew toy or pet treat that is formed by molding of textured vegetable protein (TVP). The TVP may include fibrous material and may be combined with a resin (binder) and a plasticizer and formed by a heating molding machine, such as an injection molding or extrusion operation. The resin and plasticizer content may be selected to optimize the molding process.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: T.F.H. Publications, Inc.Inventors: Glen S. Axelrod, Ajay Gajria
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Patent number: 8252315Abstract: This invention is directed generally to compositions (including foods, supplements, treats, toys, etc.) for animal (including pet) consumption, and particularly hypoallergenic compositions, and more particularly semi-solid hypoallergenic compositions and hypoallergenic compositions that comprise a hydrolysate. This invention also is directed generally to methods for using such compositions. This invention is further directed generally to processes for making such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.Inventors: Mark Dierking, Dennis Edward Jewell, Luis Jose Montelongo, Fernando Qvyjt, Naina Kiran Shah, Timothy Glen Vande Giessen
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Patent number: 8252314Abstract: This invention is directed generally to compositions (including foods, supplements, treats, toys, etc.) for animal (including pet) consumption, and particularly hypoallergenic compositions, and more particularly semi-solid hypoallergenic compositions and hypoallergenic compositions that comprise a hydrolysate. This invention also is directed generally to methods for using such compositions. This invention is further directed generally to processes for making such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.Inventors: Mark Dierking, Dennis Jewell, Luis Montelongo, Fernando Qvyjt, Naina Shah, Timothy Vande Giessen
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Patent number: 8231920Abstract: The present invention relates to an animal chew including a resin and a method of direct injection molding the animal chew using a modified screw. The screw may incorporate, for example, additional flights or a larger transition zone. The formed resin may exhibit voids of about 1-100 ?m in diameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: T.F.H. Publications, Inc.Inventors: Glen S. Axelrod, Ajay Gajria
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Patent number: 8227007Abstract: The present invention relates to an animal chew including a resin and a method of direct injection molding the animal chew using a modified screw. The screw may incorporate, for example, additional flights or a larger transition zone. Additionally, the particle size of the resin may be less than 2000 microns.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: T.F.H. Publications, Inc.Inventors: Glen S. Axelrod, Ajay Gajria
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Patent number: 8206690Abstract: The present invention relates to Orthosiphon spicatus for use in oral health applications, an oral composition comprising Orthosiphon spicatus, and the use of Orthosiphon spicatus or the composition, in the improvement or maintenance of oral health in an animal, preferably through the reduction or control of dental plaque and/or alteration of the bacterial content of dental plaque, in the oral cavity of the animal. The invention also includes Orthosiphon spicatus for use in the prevention or treatment of gingivitis in an animal. The invention also provides a method for improving or maintaining oral health in an animal.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Mars IncorporatedInventors: Zoe Marshall-Jones, Marie-Louise Baillon, Catherine Buckley
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Patent number: 8202562Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising 0.1-10 w/w % immunoglobulin (Ig), 4-14 w/w % saturated fatty acids, 4-14 w/w % mono-unsaturated fatty acids and 0-5 w/w % poly-unsaturated fatty acids, wherein the weight percentages are based on the content of dry matter in the composition. In particular it relates to the use of said composition as a feed and/or a food composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2006Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Biofiber-Damino A/SInventors: Jens Kristian Munk, Gunner Jacobsen, Karl Jørgen Jensen, Frank Bønløkke Andersen
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Patent number: 8178143Abstract: The invention generally relates to the meat industry, specifically it relates to meat products which are firstly intended for pets, in particular for cats and dogs, or other domestic animals whose feeding diet includes natural meat and, more specifically the invention relates to a food product simulating natural meat chunks or pieces and a method for producing same. The disclosure of the invention provides for a food product having pieces simulating a piece of natural meat, wherein one of the surfaces of each piece has a distinctly defined structure similar to the striated muscle fiber structure of natural meat. The disclosure of the invention provides also a method for producing such food product.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Obschestvo S Organichennoy Otvetstvennost Ju “MARS”Inventors: Alexander Vladimirovich Peskin, Elena Vladimirovna Ogneva
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Patent number: 8147821Abstract: The present invention provides a means to concentrate, dry and formulate biomaterials such as polysaccharides, gums and related biopolymers, and microorganisms such as cells, spores, and the like from dilute solutions using spent germ and other oil bearing residues. In addition, the spent germ can serve as a carrier for such biomaterials. The sorbed materials are useful in animal feeds.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Grain Processing CorporationInventor: Serge Johal
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Patent number: 8137731Abstract: The invention relates to a pet's chew prepared from natural materials of renewable sources. The chew is both edible and biodegradable, and is furthermore both tough, flexible and dimensionally stable, and maintains these characteristics over a much longer time than chew known in the art.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Paragon Pet Products Europe B.V.Inventors: Willem Theodoor Martinus Pater, Geraldus Gerardus Johannes Schennink, Jacob Terpstra
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Patent number: 8133503Abstract: A feline pet food comprising a dietary level of protein and a supplemental amount of at least one amino acid in an amount sufficient to provide a feline lean body mass protection equivalent to about a 50% protein feline pet food.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Nestec Ltd.Inventors: Dorothy P. Laflamme, Barbara McCracken
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Patent number: 8114454Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing dimensionally stable low carbohydrate pet food compositions.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.Inventors: Harry M. Clark, William D. Schoenherr, Craig R. Cowley, Kim G. Friesen
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Patent number: 8091509Abstract: Methods for preparing dog food compositions adapted for dogs with certain body conformation types by categorizing a dog for which the food composition is intended as a robust or athletic body conformation type and formulating a dog food composition to contain feed ingredients beneficial for the categorized dog. Typically, the protein and fat content of the food composition will be adjusted based upon the robust or athletic category for a particular dog or dog type.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Gerardo Perez-Camargo, Jean-Christophe Bouthegourd, Geoffroy Berthe
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Patent number: 8088420Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the optimum macronutrient content of a diet for an individual companion animal and for optimised diets determined according to such a method.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Mars UK LimitedInventor: Simon Reginald Hall
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Patent number: 8071144Abstract: A method for manufacturing a chew toy for pets has steps of: producing a base layer and an outer layer; shaping the base layer; (c) applying the outer layer to the base layer to manufacture a semifinished material and drying the semifinished material to obtain a chew toy, wherein the base layer has poprice, sweet rice flour and water and the outer layer has soybean, animal parts and glycerol. The chew toy has poprice, sweet rice flour, soybean, animal parts and glycerol, therefore has a nutritional value, is easily digested and has health benefits for the pet, including strengthening their teeth and exercising their palate and jaw.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Inventor: Chia-Lung Shu
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Patent number: 8062689Abstract: The present invention includes a method for improving milk production in a ruminant. An amount of ruminally digestible starch in relation to the dry matter of a feed is manipulated to include a first selected ratio of ruminally digestible starch in relation to the dry matter of the feed which is fed to the ruminant during a first time interval after parturition. After the first time interval, the amount of ruminally digestible starch component in the dry matter of the feed is adjusted to a second ratio, lower than the first ratio, and fed to the ruminant.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2009Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Purina Mills, LLCInventors: David C. Weakley, Kent J. Lanter, Lawrence F. Reutzel
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Patent number: 8057838Abstract: The present invention relates to a moist pet treat and a method of making the pet treat. More particularly, the invention relates to a moist pet treat comprising an animal by-product selected from the group consisting of a snout, ear, lung, heart, brain, cartilage, organ tissue, muscle tissue, and bone tissue and a humectant.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2005Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Sergeant's Pet Care ProductsInventor: Mark Levin
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Patent number: 7976884Abstract: An edible pet chew that is made of rehydrated hide about an inner fill via a positioning shealth.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Nestec Ltd.Inventor: Christopher Alan Weinberg
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Patent number: 7951493Abstract: A process for preparing a food composition by mixing a nutritive base with at least one long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid; cooking the resulting mixture at a temperature not less than about 50° C.; adding to the food composition at least one oxidatively protected long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid; and packaging the resulting composition in an oxygen depleted environment within a sealed container to provide the food product that exhibits (1) acceptable palatability to an animal and (2) a shelf-life of at least about 6 months when stored at ambient temperature without opening the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.Inventors: Hungwei Charlie Lin, Harry Mead Clark, III, Brent Karl Pope, Jerry Don Millican, Viswas Ghorpade, Dale Allen Fritsch
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Patent number: 7914835Abstract: A dog chew treat is fashioned from a composition comprising sugar, fiber, and flour. Preferably, the sugar is dextrose, and the flour is pre-gelatinized wheat flour. The composition may be molded into the shape of a bone, or other treat. A palatant coating may be applied to the molded product. Colors may be added for different aesthetics such as a marbling pattern. Functional ingredients may be used to provide health benefits.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2006Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Del Monte CorporationInventors: William Keehn, Richard Rothamel, Aretha Ashby, Davor Juravic, Franjo Baltorinic, Yomayra Diaz, Steven Bautista, Donald Barnvos, Tracy Wojnarowski, Eric Lew
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Patent number: 7910144Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions intended for the prophylaxis or the treatment of disorders related to GHLO infections in pets, the compositions are prepared using at least one strain of lactic bacteria and/or one of its metabolites or a medium fermented by at least one lactic bacteria that has been isolated and selected for its ability to display a strong anti-Helicobacter bactericidal activity in vitro.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2002Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Oliver Ballevre, Iréne Corthesy-Theulaz, Adolphe MarcYves Enslen
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Patent number: 7879377Abstract: Pet food products and methods of manufacture are provided, the pet food product comprising a helical body having a first material formed to include an outer surface, and a second material having a striping portion deposited on the outer surface of the first material and positioned to lie along a length of the first material, the pet food product optionally having a stuffing portion positioned within a cavity in the first material. Illustratively, the second material has a composition that provides lubrication during an extrusion process to manufacture the food product.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2003Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Nestec, Ltd.Inventors: Stephen R. Dahl, Donald R. Speck
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Patent number: 7867540Abstract: An aroma composition comprising a first component selected from the group consisting of 4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)furanone, 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one, 2-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2H)furanone, 4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2H)furanone, a sulfur-containing analogue of any of the foregoing, and any combination, thereof; a second component selected from the group consisting of 2-furanmethanethiol, 2-methyl-3-furanthiol, 5-methyl-2-furanmethanthiol, and any combination, thereof; and a third component selected from the group consisting of 2-(1-mercaptoethyl)furan, 2-furanethanethiol, bis-(2-furfuryl) disulfide, a furanthiol disulfide, and any combination, thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Mars, Inc.Inventors: John Didzbalis, Fred J. Plog, Karl A. Ritter, Rainer M. Schmitt
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Patent number: 7851001Abstract: The present invention relates to an animal chew toy and a method of providing an animal chew toy wherein the toy has a body portion and a core portion. The core portion includes a first material including a central portion and a plurality of projections extending from the central portion. The body portion may surround the core portion, encapsulating the core or forming a frame around the core. The chew may be formed via a number of overmolding methods including those utilizing injection molding or extrusion techniques.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: T.F.H. Publications, Inc.Inventor: Glen S. Axelrod
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Patent number: 7790212Abstract: The present invention provides a method of processing porkhide dog chews. The method includes the step of first subjecting pigskin rawhide to defatting and depilation treatment. Then the rawhide is split to obtain a first, a second, a third and a fourth layer of rawhide material. The rawhide material undergoes defatting, rinsing, and sun-drying to produce a finished hide product. The hide product is smoked to achieve objectives of dying and flavoring to result in a finished porkhide dog chew product.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Hacht Sales & MarketingInventor: Zhu Zhao Chong
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Patent number: 7763293Abstract: A fish feed comprising a plurality of pellets or particles, each pellet or particle having, as its principal component, a fresh cultured polychete product, together with at least one other naturally-occurring or organic material, so as to provide a composite diet comprising a balance of various nutrients as required by the aquatic creature for whom the feed is intended.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Inventor: Anthony George Smith
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Patent number: 7722910Abstract: A pet food composition containing chunks and a clear gellified sauce or base, the composition being obtainable by: i) incorporating at least one semi-refined gelling agent and/or semi-refined gelling biopolymer blend, in a mixture comprising meat and meat by-products, the mixture being used for the manufacture of the chunks; ii) mixing the manufactured chunks with a sauce or base containing no gelling agent; and iii) treating the mixture under conditions to release the pure gelling agent molecules from the chunks into the sauce or base to gelify it and to achieve chunk structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Paulo Fernandes, Annie Watelain, Patrick Pibarot
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Patent number: 7722911Abstract: The invention provide methods and materials for producing nutritious pet chews comprising an edible thermoplastic comprising from 45 to 80 wt. % starch selected from one or more potato and non-potato starches wherein said starch comprises at least 28% amylose as determined by size exclusion chromatography if less than 50% of said starch is potato starch or at least 20% amylose as determined by size exclusion chromatography if greater than or equal to 50% of said starch is potato starch; from 5 to 25 wt. % plasticizer; 2% to 15 wt % of a humectant and from 5 to 25 wt. % water.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2007Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Penford Food CorporationInventors: Ellis Liu, Ted Lengwin, Wallace H. Kunerth, Jeffrey Smith, James M. Quarles
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Patent number: 7713562Abstract: An animal feed is provided that employs a substantially indigestible cation exchanger capable of binding ammonium cations and an acidogenic substance to acidify an animal's manure and thereby create ammonium cations that can be bound by the cation exchanger. The animal feed reduces ammonia emissions from manure produced by animals fed the animal feed compared to the emissions obtained from manure when an acidogenic substance is fed alone and compared to the emissions obtained from manure when a cation exchange capacity material is fed alone. According to another aspect of the present invention, a method of lowering ammonia emissions from manure is provided. The present invention also provides a method for reducing soluble phosphorus levels in manure and a method for reducing total phosphorus levels in manure.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2004Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignees: Rose Acre Farms, Inc.Inventor: Edward Carroll Hale, III
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Patent number: 7704515Abstract: A method to increase the hot carcass weight of a meat-producing animal. The method orally administers Vitamin C to a meat-producing animal between about 2 and about 48 hours prior to harvest. The animal is then harvested and a hot carcass is prepared from that harvested animal.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2003Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Ganado Research, L.L.C.Inventors: Stephen E. Bachman, Michael E. Hubbert
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Patent number: 7700141Abstract: The present invention provides the use of the probiotic micro organism deposited under the accession number NCIMB 41117, in the manufacture of a composition for the treatment of non specific dietary sensitivity in a dog or a cat. The present invention also provides a method for the treatment of non specific dietary sensitivity in a dog or a cat, the method comprising administering to the dog or cat the probiotic micro organism deposited under the accession number NCIMB 41117.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2006Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Mars IncorporatedInventors: Marie-Louise Baillon, Marinus Pannevis, Thomas Brenten
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Patent number: 7691424Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional supplement including an albumin carrier for an additive. The nutritional supplement may be dispersed on food substrates as a coating or may be combined into food substrate and formed into a desired shape.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2005Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: T.F.H. Pulications, Inc.Inventor: Glen S. Axelrod
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Patent number: 7691426Abstract: The present invention relates to providing an animal chew formed of rawhide and edible resin. The edible resin may be positioned on the outer surface of the rawhide and/or retained within the rawhide. The edible resin may include one or a mixture of starch, gluten, vegetable protein, carbohydrate or fat.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: T.F.H. Publications, Inc.Inventors: Glen S. Axelrod, Ajay Gajria
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Patent number: 7678402Abstract: A novel dog chew is disclosed made of raw hide which has a large plurality of closely spaced perforations cut there through during manufacture of the dog chew. Typically the perforations are created in first rows that are generally parallel to each other and in second rows that are also generally parallel to each other, and the first rows intersect the second rows to create a cross hatching pattern. The intersecting sets of perforations created by the cross hatch pattern define a large number of small sections on the rawhide. The small sections of the dog chew individually break off when chewed by a dog instead of large pieces that may choke the dog.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Inventor: Joseph A. Marino
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Patent number: 7678406Abstract: Low energy-dense food products and methods of making low energy-dense food products are provided. Illustrative examples have a bulk density of less than 240 kg/m3 (about 15 lb/ft3) and comprise a high amylose starch and a starch comprising long chain amylose.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2004Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Carla Patricia Heydtmann, Jagat Persaud, Avinash Patil, Clementine Jean-Philippe
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Patent number: 7666459Abstract: Disclosed herein are pet food compositions. In one embodiment, pet food compositions which are described comprise a component selected from 2-deoxy-D-glucose; 5-thio-D-glucose; 3-O-methylglucose; 1,5-anhydro-D-glucitol; 2,5-anhydro-D-mannitol; mannoheptulose; and mixtures thereof. In yet another embodiment, pet food compositions which are described comprise an extract of plant matter selected from avocado, alfalfa, fig, primrose, and mixtures thereof. The pet food compositions may be prepared by any of a variety of processes including, but not limited to, optional processes described herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2004Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michael Griffin Hayek, Stefan Patrick Massimino, George Roth
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Patent number: 7662414Abstract: The present invention is directed to an easily-digestible pet chew for promoting oral health and preventing malodorous breath in animals. The pet chew is formed with ingredients selected to promote mastication and ease digestibility, and additionally includes baking soda and abrasives to reduce tartar and plaque and eliminate malodorous breath. The pet chew has a soft, malleable texture that is easily chewed by animals and easily digested once swallowed. The pet chew also includes a white coloring interspersed with colored crystals formed in a bone-like shape that appeals to both animals and their owners.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2006Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: JAKKS Pacific, Inc.Inventor: Anthony Lawlor
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Patent number: 7651708Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing an animal food product with a core and a shell at least partially covering the core, in which the core starting material includes meat and/or meat-like components, water, oil and/or fat, vitamins, minerals, salts, antioxidising agents, dyes and/or preservatives, vegetable fibres, and other ingredients. The shell starting material includes vegetable and/or animal protein, cereal, starch and/or dextrin, blood plasma, water, cereal derivative and/or sugar or sugar derivative, and vitamins, minerals, salts, antioxidising agents, dyes and/or preservatives.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Mars, Inc.Inventors: Johannes P. Schlebusch, Ute Wasserfuhr, Emilie De Bezenac, Michael Brauss
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Patent number: 7645471Abstract: A process of coating an animal feed to obtain a coated animal feed product is provided. The process includes the step of applying a first coating to the animal feed, wherein the first coating comprises at least 20% by weight of sugar selected from the group consisting of monosaccharide, disaccharide, and any combination thereof in any proportion. The process also includes the step of applying a second coating to the animal feed, wherein the second coating comprises at least 20% by weight of phospholipid.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2005Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Westway Trading CorporationInventors: Joseph M. Harris, Paul Mostyn
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Patent number: 7641928Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of dewatering whole stillage comprising subjecting whole stillage to one or more enzymes capable of degrading a whole stillage component and separating the material obtained in step i) into a solid fraction and a liquid fraction.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2006Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Novozymes North America, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Jump, Gregory DeLozier, Jiyin Liu
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Patent number: 7625583Abstract: A source of dietary lipids containing anti-microbial fatty acids is added to a food composition intended for improving or maintaining the skin health and/or coat quality in a pet by preventing or regulating the growth of skin pathogens and of microflora responsible for the generation of body surface and coat odors.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Francois Couzy, Boissin-Delaporte Catherine
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Patent number: 7611701Abstract: A process for the preparation of an enzyme-containing granulate is disclosed where an aqueous enzyme-containing liquid is mixed with an edible carbohydrate-based solid carrier, such as starch, mechanically processed into granules, and subsequently dried. This enzyme granulate is suitable for the manufacture of animal feed compositions by mixing feed ingredients with the granulate, treating with steam and pelleting. The compositions optimally show improved enzyme stability during the pelleting process.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2002Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rudolph Carolus Maria Barendse, Gabriel Marinus Henricus Meesters, Hans-Peter Harz
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Patent number: 7604829Abstract: A pet food product is produced having a colored exterior that simulates the appearance of real meat that has been imparted a marinated or grilled appearance. The product may be manufactured using a vegetarian (meat free) formulation or a formulation combining meat with dry proteinaceous materials. The ingredients are processed to form an emulsion-like mixture, which is rapidly heated in a confined zone to allow the protein to coagulate. An injector/shredder assembly is positioned in the zone to disrupt and shred the coagulated product mass and inject a colorant. The colorant adheres to some of the exterior surfaces of the final product to create a simulated grilled or roasted appearance.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2003Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Andreas Schopf, Michael G. Rayner, Luz Rayner