ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,349, issued on May 26, was assigned to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG (Basel, Switzerland).
"Animal feed compositions and methods of use" was invented by David Witherspoon (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Tammiraj Kumar Iragavarapu (Minnetonka, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an animal feed composition comprising microbial Alpha-amylase. The invention further provides methods of increasing the growth (weight gain), the average daily weight gain or the efficiency of feed utilization by an animal or reducing the number of days needed to achieve a desired weight in an animal, comprising feeding to the animal an animal fee...