US Patent Issued to Novita Nutrition on March 25 for "Solvent extraction of oil from distillers dried grains and methods of using extraction products" (South Dakota, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,536, issued on March 25, was assigned to Novita Nutrition LLC (Brookings, S.D.).

"Solvent extraction of oil from distillers dried grains and methods of using extraction products" was invented by Keith Bruinsma (Brookings, S.D.), Donald Endres (Brookings, S.D.) and Steven J. Furcich (Monticello, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for extraction of crude oil from distillers dried grain solubles and/or distillers dried grains using a solvent extraction process and producing corn distillers meal that may be used as an animal feed supplement is disclosed. The corn distillers meal may be used as a crude protein supplement for u...