Patents by Inventor Peter Van Bladeren

Peter Van Bladeren 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).

  • Systems and methods for providing products to animals
    Patent number: 9192142
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing nutritional and other products to animals are provided. Generally, the invention provides a dispensing system comprising an activity monitoring device, and a dispensing device comprising a processor programmed to receive a communication generated by the activity monitoring device. The processor controls the dispensing device to dispense a nutritional or other product in response to the communication from the activity monitoring device. The activity monitoring device can be attached to an animal and communicate with the dispensing device information regarding the nutritional requirements of the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nestec SA
    Inventors: Janet R. Jackson, Peter Van Bladeren
  • Use of flavonoids to increase the bioavailability of hesperetin
    Patent number: 8685935
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of hesperetin bioavailability. One embodiment of the present invention is directed at a composition that allows to increase the bioavailability of hesperetin and consequently to maximize the beneficial health effects of hesperetin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Walter Brand, Gary Williamson, Peter Van Bladeren, Ivonne M. C. M. Rietjens
  • ARTIFICIAL SWEETNERS AND PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20130130972
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of nutritional compositions. In particular, the present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising sugar substitutes and to their use, e.g., to increase exogenous carbohydrate oxidation, which has been shown to increase performance, for example the performance of athletes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Johannes Le Coutre, Peter Van Bladeren, Sami Damak, Trent Stellingwerff
  • USE OF FLAVONOIDS TO INCREASE THE BIOAVAILABILITY OF HESPERETIN
    Publication number: 20120022010
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of hesperetin bioavailability. One embodiment of the present invention is directed at a composition that allows to increase the bioavailability of hesperetin and consequently to maximize the beneficial health effects of hesperetin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Walter Brand, Gary Williamson, Peter Van Bladeren, Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PRODUCTS TO ANIMALS
    Publication number: 20110192351
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing nutritional and other products to animals are provided. Generally, the invention provides a dispensing system comprising an activity monitoring device, and a dispensing device comprising a processor programmed to receive a communication generated by the activity monitoring device. The processor controls the dispensing device to dispense a nutritional or other product in response to the communication from the activity monitoring device. The activity monitoring device can be attached to an animal and communicate with the dispensing device information regarding the nutritional requirements of the animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Janet R. Jackson, Peter Van Bladeren
  • Bioactive Compositions, Natural Methods of Producing Them and Computational Methods for Designing Natural Production Processes
    Publication number: 20070286935
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to procedures for the controlled natural bioprocessing of naturally occurring biological molecules by processing activities present in select organisms, extracts of such organisms or other natural processing agents. The invention also covers the methods for developing these procedures and compositions prepared by the procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Martin Grigorov, Peter Van Bladeren, Sunil Kochhar, Laurent-Bernard Fay, Irene Corthesy-Theulaz, Marcel-Alexandre Juillerat, Michael Affolter, Ulrich Zachariae