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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS (US);
Inventors:
Hungwei Lin, Lawrence, KS (US);
Dennis Jewell, Lawrence, KS (US);
Jennifer Macleay, Topeka, KS (US);
Assignee:
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 50/42 (2016.01); A23K 40/25 (2016.01); A23K 40/20 (2016.01); A23K 20/174 (2016.01); A23K 20/147 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 40/25 (2016.05); A23K 20/147 (2016.05); A23K 20/174 (2016.05); A23K 40/20 (2016.05); A23K 50/42 (2016.05);
Abstract
The invention provides dry pet food diet compositions that include visible micronutrient particles comprising micronutrients, and improved methods for their preparation. The methods provide pet food diet compositions that have improved palatability and retention of micronutrients.