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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:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas C Wedegaertner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thomas D Valco, Raleigh, NC (US);
William F Lalor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cotton Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A23K / ; A23K / ; A01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
504100 ; 47 576 ; 47DI / ; 426630 ;
Abstract
Linter-bearing cottonseed covered with a coat of starch optionally containing one or more biologically related materials selected from vitamins, feed supplements, oils, fats, urea, rodent repellants, insect repellants, medications, anti-germination agents, and preservatives, and a method for preparing it is taught herein. Starch coated cottonseed is useful as an animal feed and as planting stock. The starch coating allows the cottonseed to be used in conventional feed handling and seed planting equipment.