Patents by Inventor Helmut Reuscher

Helmut Reuscher 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 preparing an alpha-lipoic acid/cyclodextrin complex and product prepared
    Patent number: 8481716
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a cyclodextrin/alpha-lipoic acid complex, wherein in a first step, an alpha-lipoic acid and a cyclodextrin are dissolved in an aqueous alkaline solution having a pH above pH 7, and in a second step an acid is added to lower the pH of the solution to a pH below pH 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Helmut Reuscher, Mark Bauer
  • Carbohydrate Rich Food Composition Containing Cyclodextrin And Method of Making The Same
    Publication number: 20130129881
    Abstract: A food composition including a carbohydrate rich food base and cyclodextrin mixed with the food base to form the food composition having a volume increase of 15 percent or greater relative to a comparable control composition without the cyclodextrin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Wacker Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Helmut Reuscher, Mark T. Bauer, Patrick T. Polchinski, Laknath A. Goonetilleke
  • Process for Preparing an Alpha-Lipoic Acid/Cyclodextrin Complex and Product Prepared
    Publication number: 20100210716
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a cyclodextrin/alpha-lipoic acid complex, wherein in a first step, an alpha-lipoic acid and a cyclodextrin are dissolved in an aqueous alkaline solution having a pH above pH 7, and in a second step an acid is added to lower the pH of the solution to a pH below pH 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: WACKER-CHEMIE GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut Reuscher, Mark Bauer
  • Process for preparing an alpha-lipoic acid/cyclodextrin complex and product prepared
    Patent number: 7737269
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a cyclodextrin/alpha-lipoic acid complex, wherein in a first step, an alpha-lipoic acid and a cyclodextrin are dissolved in an aqueous alkaline solution having a pH above pH 7, and in a second step an acid is added to lower the pH of the solution to a pH below pH 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Reuscher, Mark Bauer
  • Process for preparing an alpha-lipoic acid/cyclodextrin complex and product prepared
    Publication number: 20060135475
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a cyclodextrin/alpha-lipoic acid complex, wherein in a first step, an alpha-lipoic acid and a cyclodextrin are dissolved in an aqueous alkaline solution having a pH above pH 7, and in a second step an acid is added to lower the pH of the solution to a pH below pH 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Reuscher, Mark Bauer
  • Method for reducing the glycemic index of food
    Publication number: 20040161526
    Abstract: The glycemic index of food is reduced by incorporating alpha-cyclodextrin in such food or by consuming alpha-cyclodextrin singly or in combination with other materials together with such food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Schmid, Helmut Reuscher, Gerard Antlsperger
  • Coated carotenoid cyclodextrin complexes
    Publication number: 20040109920
    Abstract: Coated cyclodextrin and carotenoid complexes are stable against oxidation and exhibit higher biouptake than oil-based, lipophile based, and micellular carotenoid compositions. The coating may be an oil, or a naturally occuring, optionally derivatized polymer or a pharmaceutically acceptable synthetic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicants: BIOACTIVES LLC, WACKER BIOCHEM CORP.
    Inventors: Helmut Reuscher, Daniel I. Kagan, Doddabele L. Madhavi
  • Process for the purification of water-soluble cyclodextrin derivatives
    Patent number: 5831081
    Abstract: A process for the purification of water-soluble cyclodextrin derivatives utilizes a reverse osmosis (RO) using at least one hydrophilic, asymmetric solution-diffusion membrane with a nominal molecular weight cut-off of 200-800 D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Consortium fur elektrochemische Industrie GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Reuscher
  • Cyclodextrin derivatives having at least one nitrogen-containing heterocycle, their preparation and use
    Patent number: 5728823
    Abstract: Reactive cyclodextrin derivatives have at least one nitrogen-containing heterocycle. The reactive cyclodextrin derivatives include at least one nitrogen-containing heterocycle having at least one electrophilic center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Consortium fur elektrochemische Industrie GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Reuscher, Rolf Hirsenkorn, Wolfgang Haas