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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:
Dec. 20, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt G Sundelin, Modesto, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Minerals & Chemical Corp., Terre Haute, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07D / ; C07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424245 ; 424263 ; 546-2 ; 546-9 ; 546256 ;
Abstract
Certain novel bipyridine substituted imidazoylidene compounds, their metal complexes (Cu, Fe and Ni) which are effective to improve feed efficiency and promote growth in food-producing animals, particularly ruminants. The compounds are described by the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen, alkyl or phenyl, and including the cuprous, nickelous and ferrous salts thereof.