Patents by Inventor Benjamin Le Reverend
Benjamin Le Reverend has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240116685Abstract: An attachment for a beverage container may include a cap configured to attach to an opening in the beverage container. The cap includes an opening. The attachment also include a tube passing through the cap. A beverage in the beverage container can flow through the tube and out of the opening in the cap. The attachment also includes a container attached to the tube and configured to hold a liquid. The container includes an opening to allow the liquid to flow from the container into the tube and out of the opening in the cap. The attachment also comprises a restrictor between the opening of the container and the tube, such that the liquid begins to exit the opening in the cap before the beverage begins to exit the opening in the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Benjamin Le Reverend, Olivier Breton, Virgile Cavin, Sarah Brulhart
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Publication number: 20230264870Abstract: An attachment for a beverage container may include a cap configured to attach to an opening in the beverage container. The cap includes an opening. The attachment also include a tube passing through the cap. A beverage in the beverage container can flow through the tube and out of the opening in the cap. The attachment also includes a container attached to the tube and configured to hold a liquid. The container includes an opening to allow the liquid to flow from the container into the tube and out of the opening in the cap. The attachment also comprises a restrictor between the opening of the container and the tube, such that the liquid begins to exit the opening in the cap before the beverage begins to exit the opening in the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Benjamin Le Reverend, Olivier Breton, Virgile Cavin, Sarah Brulhart
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Publication number: 20230210140Abstract: A beverage powder comprising crystalline tastant particles characterized in that the crystalline tastant particles are at least partially coated with a hydrophobic coating, and wherein the at least partially coated crystalline tastant particles have an average density greater than 1 g/cm3, preferably greater than 1.5 g/cm3. A method of coating crystalline tastant particles for use in a powdered food product, preferably a beverage powder, is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: ANNABEL BOZON, LENNART FRIES, BENJAMIN LE REVEREND, AGBA SALMAN
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Patent number: 11434062Abstract: A liquid dispensing apparatus, may include a first container configured to hold a first liquid. The first container can have an opening in an end of the first container. The liquid dispensing apparatus may further comprise a frustoconical-shaped container inside and attached to the first container. The frustoconical-shaped container is configured to hold a second liquid. A frustum of the frustoconical-shaped container has an opening. The frustum of the frustoconical-shaped container is proximate to the end of the first container and the opening in the frustoconical-shaped container may have a smaller cross-sectional area than the opening in the first container. The frustoconical-shaped container separates the first liquid from the second liquid.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventors: Benjamin Le Reverend, Heiko Oertling, Beat Gerber
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Patent number: 11377250Abstract: A liquid dispensing apparatus may include a first container containing a first liquid and a second container containing a second liquid. The first and second containers each can have an opening in an end. One of the first liquid and the second liquid can contain a tastant which is essentially absent from the other liquid or is present in a relatively differing amount. When the first and the second liquids are poured from the apparatus, the first liquid flows through the opening in the end of the first container and the second liquid flows through the opening in the end of the second container, such that the first liquid begins to exit the opening in the end of the first container before the second liquid begins to exit the opening in the end of the second container.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventors: Benjamin Le Reverend, Raphael Thivolet, Sarah Brulhart, Daniel Grolimund, Ashley Hunt
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Publication number: 20200361679Abstract: An attachment for a beverage container may comprise a cap configured to attach to an opening in the beverage container. The cap comprises an opening. The attachment also comprises a tube passing through the cap. The opening in the cap is located proximate to a first end of the tube and a second end of the tube is configured to be located within the beverage container when the cap is attached to the beverage container, such that a beverage contained in the beverage container can flow through the tube and out of the opening in the cap. The attachment also comprises a container attached to the tube and configured to hold a liquid. The container comprises an opening to allow the liquid to flow from the container into the tube and out of the opening in the cap. The attachment also comprises a restrictor between the opening of the container and the tube to control and/or restrict the flow of the liquid from the container into the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2018Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Benjamin Le Reverend, Olivier Breton, Virgile Cavin, Sarah Brulhart
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Publication number: 20200187528Abstract: The present invention relates to a beverage powder comprising water-soluble porous particles comprising a tastant, the particles being able to float on water. Further aspects of the invention are the use of a beverage powder to reduce the quantity of tastant in a beverage and a bottled beverage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Cedric Dubois, Marina Du pas-Lang let, Lennart Fries, Benjamin Le Reverend, Vincent Daniel Maurice Meunier
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Publication number: 20200172316Abstract: A liquid dispensing apparatus, may include a first container configured to hold a first liquid. The first container can have an opening in an end of the first container. The liquid dispensing apparatus may further comprise a frustoconical-shapcd container inside and attached to the first container. The frustoconical-shaped container is configured to hold a second liquid. A frustum of the frustoconical-shaped container has an opening. The frustum of the frustoconical-shaped container is proximate to the end of the first container and the opening in the frustoconical-shaped container may have a smaller cross-sectional area than the opening in the first container. The frustoconical-shaped container separates the first liquid from the second liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Benjamin Le Reverend, Heiko Oertling, Beat Gerber
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Publication number: 20200130884Abstract: A liquid dispensing apparatus may include a first container containing a first liquid. The first container can have an opening in an end of the first container. The liquid dispensing apparatus may also comprise a second container adjacent to the first container. The second container can contain a second liquid and the second container can have an opening in an end of the second container. The opening in the end of the first container can be proximate to the opening in the end of the second container. The first container and the second container can separate the first liquid from the second liquid. One of the first liquid and the second liquid can contain a tastant which is essentially absent from the other liquid or is present in a relatively differing amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Benjamin Le Reverend, Raphael Thivolet, Sarah Brulhart, Daniel Grolimund, Ashley Hunt
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Publication number: 20190083000Abstract: A method for selecting a food product for a subject having dysphagia comprising: (a) administering one or more food products comprising a volatile compound to the subject; (b) detecting release of the volatile compound in exhaled breath of the subject during and/or after swallowing of the one or more food products; (c) selecting the food product based on the release of the volatile compound in exhaled breath of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Benjamin Le Reverend, Adam Burbidge, Marco Ramaioli, Jan Engmann
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Publication number: 20180360076Abstract: The present invention relates in general to beverages providing enhanced taste perception. In particular, the present invention concerns beverages comprising a first homogeneous portion, and a second homogeneous portion being visually the same as the first portion, wherein a tastant is present in the second portion, the tastant being essentially absent from the first portion. Further aspects of the invention are a kit for the preparation of a beverage, a process for preparing a beverage and the use of a beverage according to the invention to reduce the quantity of tastant in a beverage without adversely affecting the taste of the beverage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Benjamin Le Reverend, Beatrice Aubert, Jean-Baptiste Thomazo
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Publication number: 20180206529Abstract: The invention relates to nutritional compositions comprising carbohydrate?sodium chloride co-crystals and to the use of these co-crystals for preparing nutritional compositions, as well as their use as carriers, fillers or stabilizers and ultimately for the acceleration of sodium chloride dissolution when other carbohydrates are present. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to a process for preparing such carbohydrate?sodium chloride co-crystals and nutritional compositions comprising such.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Heiko Oertling, Thibaut Alzieu, Rene Fumeaux, Benjamin Le Reverend, Marina Dupas-Langlet, Mathieu Wissenmeyer, Julien Mahieux
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Publication number: 20170273596Abstract: The present invention provides a method for monitoring swallowing in a subject, comprising: (a) providing a food product comprising a volatile compound to the subject; and (b) detecting release of the volatile compound in exhaled breath during and/or after swallowing of the food product.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Benjamin Le Reverend, Philippe Pollien, Florian Viton, Beatrice Aubert