Patents
US 12115198 B2: Microbials for animals
- Granted
- 2024-10-15
- Filed
- 2019-10-02 application 16590569
- Type
- Utility · 15 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
The invention relates to direct-fed microbials for use in improving reproductive performance in animals, decreasing death loss and/or off-feed events in animals, improving milk production and/or milk quality in dairy animals, and inhibiting a disease or disorder in dairy animals selected from the group consisting of milk fever, ketosis, retained placenta, metritis, pneumonia, and displaced abomasum. More particularly, the invention relates to isolated Bacillus strains 86, 300, 101, 235, 177, and 102, and strains having all of the identifying characteristics of these strains, for uses comprising the above-mentioned uses.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg241015.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICROBIAL DISCOVERY GROUP, LLC 18 patents | US company or organization | Franklin, WI | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| UNITED ANIMAL HEALTH, INC. 10 patents | US company or organization | Sheridan, IN | UNITED ANIMAL HEALTH, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael R. King | Oak Creek, WI | 21 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Sona Son | Cudahy, WI | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Elizabeth Galbraith | Wauwatosa, WI | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Samanta R. Fensterseifer | Byron, MI | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ricardo P. Arias | Byron, MI | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61K | Preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes | A61K35/742 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23K | Fodder | A23K10/18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61P | Specific therapeutic activity of chemical compounds or medicinal preparations | A61P3/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-18 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GALBRAITH, ELIZABETH signed 2024-07-16 SON, SONA signed 2024-07-17 KING, MICHAEL R. signed 2024-07-18 | MICROBIAL DISCOVERY GROUP, LLC FRANKLIN, WI | 68018/57 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2021-10-20 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ARIAS, RICARDO P. signed 2021-08-05 FENSTERSEIFER, SAMANTA R. signed 2021-08-05 | UNITED ANIMAL HEALTH, INC. SHERIDAN, IN | 57848/802 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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