ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,120, issued on June 30, was assigned to Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. (Overland Park, Kan.).
"Pet food compositions" was invented by Dayakar Badri (Lawrence, Kan.) and Dennis Jewell (Lawrence, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are pet food compositions and methods for using them. Such compositions may comprise soluble fiber and certain ratios of linolenic acid to fatty acids. The methods may include feeding the pet an effective amount of the pet food composition. The methods may include increasing the lean mass of a companion animal comprising feeding an effective amount of a pet food composition comprising soluble fib...