Patents
US 12161667 B2: Therapeutic clay compositions and methods of using
- Granted
- 2024-12-10
- Filed
- 2023-07-18 application 18223252
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods of improve efficiency, growth, and performance in an animal by orally administering to the animal an effective amount of a therapeutic clay. The methods can reduce embryonic loss, increase litter size, increase the number of live births, improve the immune status of the maternal animal, reduce the concentration of maternal fecal amino acids, reduce the concentration of maternal fecal short-chained amino acid, increasing litter birth weight in the maternal animal, increase the amount of young animal colostrum intake, reduce young animal pre-weaning mortality, reduce the number of young animals lost due to low viability, reduce the number of weaned young animals, improve the immune status of young animals at weaning, reduce the number of lightweight young animals from nursery to market, increase the number of young animals marketed per sow, and increase calculated litter weight gain.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg241210.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elanco US Inc. 52 patents | US company or organization | Greenfield, IN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Musser | Good Thunder, MN | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kim Gene Friesen | Carthage, IN | 31 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ran Song | Eden Prairie, MN | 13 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61K | Preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes | A61K35/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61P | Specific therapeutic activity of chemical compounds or medicinal preparations | A61P15/00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-18 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | NUTRIQUEST, LLC signed 2023-01-03 | ELANCO US, INC. GREENFIELD, IN | 67754/961 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2024-06-18 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MUSSER, ROBERT signed 2021-09-01 FRIESEN, KIM signed 2021-09-02 SONG, RAN signed 2021-09-02 | NUTRIQUEST, LLC MASON CITY, IA | 67754/801 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2024-01-31 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ECO INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2024-01-30 BOOTH, JESS RAE signed 2024-01-30 WEEKLY, SCOTT signed 2024-01-30 | NOX BOX TECHNOLOGIES LLC ORMOND BEACH, FL | 66309/701 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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