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US010709151B2 United States Patent (10 ) Patent No.: US 10,709,151 B2 Ulmasov et al. (45 ) Date of Patent : Jul. 14 , 2020 ( 54 ) LOW FIBER PENNYCRESS MEAL AND WO 20090148336 A1 12/2009 METHODS OF MAKING WO 2010002984 A1 1/2010 WO 2016055838 Al 3/2019 (71 ) Applicants : COVERCRESS INC. , St. Louis , MO (US ) ; Board of Trustees of Illinois OTHER PUBLICATIONS State University , Normal , IL (US ) ; Alhotan et al , 2017 , Poultry Science , 96 :2281-2293 . * Regents of the University of Selling et al , 2014 , Industrial Crops and Products , 41 :113-119 . * Minnesota , Minneapolis , MN (US ) Vaughn et al , 2005 , Journal of Chemical Ecology , 31 : 167-177 . * Badani et al, 2006 , Genome, 49 : 1499-1509 . * (72 ) Inventors : Tim Ulmasov , Chesterfield , MO (US ) ; Tsogtbaatar et al , 2015 , Journal of Experimental Biology, 66 : 4267 4277. * Gary Hartnell, St. Peters, MO (US ) ; Li et al , 2015 , Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry , 63: 9590 John C. 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