US Patent Issued to ELANCO US on Oct. 20 for "Feed additive compositions" (Indiana, Georgia, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,577, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ELANCO US INC. (Indianapolis).

"Feed additive compositions" was invented by Kim Friesen (Carthage, Ind.), Chester Wiernusz (Canton, Ga.) and Ryan Cooney (Mankato, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides feed compositions comprising a basal animal diet supplemented with direct fed microbial (DFM) and at least one of a formulated yeast, a Capsicum product, and an antimicrobial clay. The feed compositions improve growth, general health, intestinal health, and reduce microbial pathogens in non-human animals fed the feed compositions."

The patent was filed on June 28, 20...