US5996534A
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Animal litter having the property of detecting urinary infection in felines
Assignee: PAVILLION BANK
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Filing: 1997-06-25
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Granted: 1999-12-07
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Expires: 2017-06-25
Abstract
Abstract An animal litter comprised of a liquid absorbent aggregate impregnated with a litmus agent for indicating a urinary tract infection in felines.
Inventors
- 👤 Ralph J. Steckel
- 👤 Edward Eugene Hodges, III
- 👤 Herman Morris Weller
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 14:51
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01K; A01K1/00; A01K1/015; A01K1/0152; A01K1/0154
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
33 words
Animal litter comprised of a liquid absorbent aggregate having a substantially neutral pH and impregnated with a litmus agent to indicate the presence of urinary tract infection in felines and other related species.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
33 words
Animal litter comprised of a liquid absorbent aggregate having a substantially neutral pH and impregnated with a litmus agent to indicate the presence of urinary tract infection in felines and other related species.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The animal litter of claim 1 in which the liquid absorbent aggregate includes an expanded aggregate selected from the class consisting of perlite, vermiculite, herculite, rice hulls and zeolite.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The animal litter of claim 2 in which the aggregate has a substantially neutral pH and requires no inert carrier or pH neutralizing agent to maintain the animal litter's pH indicating properties.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
The animal litter of claim 1 in which the litmus agent is a pH agent with an approximate activity range from pH 6.6 to pH 8.0 such as, but not limited to, sodium phenolsulfonephthalein.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The animal control litter of claim 3 in which the odor control agent is D-ODOR, the surfactant is an alkylphenol ethoxylate, the clumping agent is AgRho DR-2000 and the litmus material is a sodium phenolsulfonephthalein.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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