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US 12,439,939 · App. 17/275,903 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Animal feed compositions and uses thereof

Inventors: Leticia Cardoso Bittencourt (Kaiseraugst, CH); Rual Lopez-Ulibarri (Kaiseraugst, CH); Estefania Perez Calvo (Kaiseraugst, CH)
Assignees: Novonesis Animal Biosolutions AG; Novozymes A/S
A23K20/189A23K10/22A23K10/26A23K20/142A23K20/174A23K50/30A23K50/40A23K50/75A23K50/80C12Y302/01017
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Patent No.
US 12,439,939
App. No.
17/275,903
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a composition and/or an animal feed comprising polypeptides having muramidase activity and essential oils and uses thereof.

Claims (7)

1. A method of improving body weight gain (BWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), carotenoid absorption and/or intestinal permeability of a mono-gastric animal comprising;

administering to the animal a composition or an animal feed comprising one or more polypeptides having muramidase activity and at least one essential oil selected from the group consisting of thymol, eugenol, piperine and mixtures thereof, wherein

the composition or animal feed is dosed such that the polypeptide having muramidase activity is present in an amount of 300 to 900 mg enzyme protein per kq animal feed, and wherein the composition or animal feed is dosed such that the at least one essential oil is present in an amount of 0.3 to 10 mg per kq animal feed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the animal is selected from the group consisting of mono-gastric animals, poultry, pet animals, fish, and crustaceans.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide having muramidase activity is present in an amount of 300 to 800 mg enzyme protein per kg animal feed.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide having muramidase activity is present in an amount of 400 to 700 mg enzyme protein per kg animal feed.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide having muramidase activity is present in an amount of 500 to 600 mg enzyme protein per kg animal feed.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 18, 2025
From: FEED ENZYMES AG
To: NOVONESIS ANIMAL BIOSOLUTIONS AG
Reel/Frame 072042/0547 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
To: FEED ENZYMES AG
Reel/Frame 072430/0489 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2021
From: CARDOSO BITTENCOURT, LETICIA; LOPEZ-ULIBARRI, RUAL; PEREZ CALVO, ESTEFANIA
To: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.; NOVOZYMES A/S
Reel/Frame 055577/0347 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 18194834 · Sep 17, 2018 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210289818A1 · Sep 23, 2021
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