US Patent Issued to In the Bowl Animal Health on Nov. 3 for "Oral canine feed and methods for controlling tick infestations in a canine" (Indiana, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,125, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to In the Bowl Animal Health Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Oral canine feed and methods for controlling tick infestations in a canine" was invented by Robin S. Readnour (Nashville, Tenn.), Kevin E. Willard (Knightstown, Ind.) and Joseph R. Winkle (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral canine feed and a method of controlling ticks in a canine in need thereof by orally administering to the canine an effective amount of a isoxazoline for an effective time to thereby cause the amount of isoxazoline in the canine's blood to rise to and maintain at a therapeutically effective level for controlli...