Patents by Inventor Frederik Michiel Meeuse

Frederik Michiel Meeuse 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).

  • Process for harvesting plants of the apocynaceae family
    Publication number: 20080153762
    Abstract: Process for harvesting plants from the Apocynaceae family comprising the steps of: (a) removing the plants from the soil, (b) leaving the intact plants to cure for a period of at least 1 day, (c) cutting up the cured plants, (d) further drying the cut plants, to obtain dried plant material comprising the steroidal glycoside having the formula (2):
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Frederik Michiel Meeuse, Kevin John Povey
  • Stabilized Fruit Pulp Composition and a Puree Composition Comprising the Same
    Publication number: 20080138495
    Abstract: A stabilized fruit pulp comprising chunks of dimensions 1×1×1 mm to 15×15×15 mm is described. The stabilized fruit pulp has not been subjected to temperatures that exceed 90 degrees centigrade, has substantially no active polypenol oxidase, and is suitable for use in puree compositions that can be used in dressings, dips and spreads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Anthony John Barraclough, Frederik Michiel Meeuse, Jan Alders Wieringa
  • Process for preparing a composition comprising steroidal glycosides
    Publication number: 20080050499
    Abstract: Process for preparing a composition comprising one or more steroidal glycosides, comprising the steps of: (a) harvesting Hoodia plants, (b) cutting up the harvested plants, (c) drying the cut plants, whereby exposure to UV light during the drying step is avoided, such that the total UV dose is less than about 0.5 kJ/m2 to obtain dried plant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Frederik Michiel Meeuse, Kevin John Povey, Christopher Swindells
  • Processes for production of Hoodia plant extracts containing steroidal glycosides
    Publication number: 20080044552
    Abstract: Processes for the production of Hoodia plant extracts with a high content of steroidal glycosides and for minimizing heavy metal and/or polyaromatic hydrocarbon content in Hoodia extracts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Smail Alaoui Ismaili, Sybille Buchwald-Werner, Frederik Michiel Meeuse, Kevin John Povey