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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. 19, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark D. Newcomb, Independence, MN (US);
Christiaan P. A. van de Ligt, Elk River, MN (US);
David A. Cook, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
David G. Cieslak, Saint Michael, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cargill, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/10 ; A01K 3/900 ; A01K 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/10 ; A01K 3/900 ; A01K 5/00 ;
Abstract
A system for and method of determining a formulation for an animal feed having a customized heat increment value. The system can include an animal profile, an animal nutrient requirement profile, an evaluation criteria, and/or ingredient nutrient content profiles. The information contained in the profiles and criteria can be used to calculate a formulation having a desirable heat increment value. The heat increment value can be used to maximize satisfaction of an evaluation criteria.