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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:
Oct. 27, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas M Owens, Cahokia, IL (US);
Thomas J Wagner, Hillsboro, MO (US);
William C Mrazek, Jr, Mehlville, MO (US);
Assignee:
Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K / ; A23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 92 ; 426623 ; 426630 ; 426646 ; 426656 ; 426805 ;
Abstract
An animal food composition of improved palatability is disclosed having a dried meat containing coating which comprises meat, vegetable protein isolate and whey. The palatability enhancing material is applied to a nutritionally balanced animal food product as a dusting in order to enhance the palatability of the pet food product.