Patents by Inventor Kevin John Povey

Kevin John Povey 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).

  • PRODUCT COMPRISING STEVIA
    Publication number: 20130136844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to products comprising stevia. Products according to the present invention comprise a sweetening agent derived from Stevia rebaudiana that comprises rebaudioside A wherein the product comprises solids from Aspalathus linearis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Aboagyewa Asumadu-Mensah, Matthias Berger, Timothy Graham Jones, Kevin John Povey, Annabel Louise Wilkinson
  • Processes for production of plant extracts containing steroidal glycosides
    Patent number: 7807204
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Phytopharm PLC
    Inventors: Smail Alaoui Ismaili, Sybille Buchwald-Werner, Frederik Michiel Meeuse, Kevin John Povey
  • Process of making Hoodia plant extract with improved flavor
    Publication number: 20090263510
    Abstract: Processes of making extracts of Hoodia plant containing steroidal glycosides which have improved flavor, by virtue of reduced Levels of discovered negative flavor compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin John Povey, Petrus Gerardus Maria Haring, Frederik Michiel Meeuse, Rob van der Brugghen
  • 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
  • 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
  • APPETITE SUPPRESSANT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20070207227
    Abstract: An inherently nourishing edible appetite suppressant product comprising a steroidal glycoside, preferably obtainable from plants of the Asclepiadaceae family, the product being in the unit serving, having a weight of from 20 to 600 grams, and having the energy density of from 1.6 to 23 kilojoules per gram of product. A dietary regimen is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Salomon Leendert ABRAHAMSE, Kevin John POVEY, Daryl David REES
  • Compounds and their use in food compositions
    Publication number: 20040170741
    Abstract: Use of at least one compound selected from phytosterols, phytostanols, synthetic analogues thereof and their esterified derivatives as a creaminess enhancer in a food composition comprising a dairy product or derivative or analogue thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robertus Martinus Diks, Ian Stewart Galloway, Kevin John Povey