US Patent Issued to Kent Consumer Brands Americas on July 15 for "Animal litter, process for preparing animal litter and method of removal of animal waste" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,957, issued on July 15, was assigned to Kent Consumer Brands Americas LLC (Muscatine, Iowa).

"Animal litter, process for preparing animal litter and method of removal of animal waste" was invented by Somayajulu Venkata Satya Gandikota (Bettendorf, Iowa), Rod Hohenadel (Letts, Iowa) and Xiaowen Guo (Muscatine, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal litter, process for preparing the animal litter, and a method for removal of animal waste using the animal litter are provided. The animal litter generally includes at least one sorbent and a sulfate such as sodium bisulfate. The animal litter is in the form of discrete plural partic...