Net Energy Model for Companion Animals and Methods
Summary
USPTO granted patent US12588690B2 to Mars, Incorporated covering a net energy prediction model for companion animal pet foods. The patent includes methods for determining appropriate feeding amounts, providing feeding guidelines, and methods of maintaining desired weight or effecting weight loss in companion animals. The patent contains 3 claims and was filed on May 9, 2019.
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USPTO issued patent grant US12588690B2 to Mars, Incorporated for a net energy model for companion animals and related methods. The patent covers a predictive model for determining net energy available to companion animals from pet foods, along with methods for determining appropriate feeding amounts and maintaining desired animal weight.
For parties in the pet food manufacturing industry, this patent grant establishes intellectual property protection that may restrict competitive development of similar net energy prediction models for companion animal foods. Mars obtains exclusive rights to the claimed methods, which could affect licensing discussions and product development strategies in the pet nutrition sector.
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Net energy model for companion animals and methods
Grant US12588690B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026
Assignee
Mars, Incorporated
Inventors
Natalie Julia Asaro, Wilfredo Daniel Mansilla Tafur, David John Seymour, John Paul Cant, Anna Katharine Shoveller
Abstract
A model for predicting the net energy available to a companion animal from a pet food is provided. The model can be used to determine the appropriate amount of a food to feed a companion animal, and/or to provide feeding guidelines for any type of food, for any companion animal, and such methods are provided. Also provided are methods of packaging food for a companion animal, animal, and methods of maintaining a desired weight, or effecting weight loss, in a companion animal.
CPC Classifications
G16H 20/60 A23K 50/42
Filing Date
2019-05-09
Application No.
17250033
Claims
3
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