Patents by Inventor Xian-Wen GAN
Xian-Wen GAN 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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Patent number: 11976091Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to terpene glycosides, such as certain such compounds extracted from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, Rubus suavissimus, or Siraitia grosvenorii. The disclosure also provides for the use of such compounds as food ingredients, flavors, and sweeteners, and related methods. The disclosure also provides ingestible compositions comprising such compounds, as well as processes for extracting such compounds selectively from certain plant sources.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Firmenich SAInventors: Dan-Ting Yin, Yi-Min Wang, Xian-Wen Gan
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Patent number: 11919920Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to terpene glycosides, such as certain such compounds extracted from Stevia rebaudiana bertoni, Rubus suavissimus, or Siraitia grosvenorii. The disclosure also provides for the use of such compounds as food ingredients, flavors, and sweeteners, and related methods. The disclosure also provides ingestible compositions comprising such compounds, as well as processes for extracting such compounds selectively from certain plant sources.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Firmenich SAInventor: Xian-Wen Gan
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Publication number: 20230148070Abstract: The present invention provides derivatives of glutamine of formula (I) and derivatives of arginine of formula (II), and the use of such compounds as flavor modifiers. The invention further provides the use of such derivatives of glutamine and arginine to enhance the salty and umami taste of ingestible compositions as ingestible compositions that include such derivatives of glutamine and arginine and bulking agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Ci XU, Dan-Ting YIN, Xian-Wen GAN
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Publication number: 20230061835Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides 11-oxo-cucurbitane compounds, including various glycosides, and the use of such compounds and related compounds as flavor modifiers. In some aspects, the disclosure provides compositions that include such 11-oxo-cucurbitanes, such as compositions that include such 11-oxo-cucurbitanes and one or more additional compounds, such as a sweetener, salt, and the like. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides methods of reducing or eliminating the amount of sweetener, salt, or glutamate in a food or beverage product.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Dan-Ting YIN, Xian-Wen GAN
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Publication number: 20220304352Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to compounds useful as taste modifiers, particularly as compounds useful for enhancing umami taste, and their use in various comestible products, such as food and beverage products.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Xian-Wen GAN, Eric FREROT
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Publication number: 20220273011Abstract: The present disclosure relates to gingerol compounds, whether in their diol form or as a derivative, and their use to enhance the salty taste or the umami taste of a flavored article. The disclosure also provides compositions and flavored products containing such compounds. In some embodiments, the flavored products have reduced amounts of salt or umami-enhancing compounds (glutamates, arginates, purinic ribonucleotides, such as inosine monophosphate (IMP) and guanosine monophosphate (GMP)), relative to comparable flavored products that do not incorporate the gingerol compounds. The disclosure further provides methods of making monoacetate or diacetate derivatives of gingerol diols.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Howard MUNT, Eric FREROT, Maud REITER, Nicolas JECKELMANN, Herve PAMINGLE, Xian-Wen GAN
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Publication number: 20220017564Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to various formulations and uses of the compound Isomogroside IVE. In some aspects, the disclosure provides compositions that include Isomogroside IVE. In some embodiments, the compositions are comestible compositions, including, but not limited to, packaged food and beverage products and tabletop sweeteners. In some aspects, the disclosure provides certain compositions that include such mogroside compounds, such as compositions that include such mogroside compounds and one or more other sweeteners. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides methods of reducing the caloric content of a sweetened article, such as a sweetened food or beverage product.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Xian-Wen GAN, Dan-Ting YIN
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Publication number: 20220017563Abstract: The various aspects presented herein relate to processes for preparing food ingredients, flavors and sweeteners from extracts of plants that contain mogrosides such as Siraitia grosvenorii. Further provided herein are formulations and uses of compositions made from the processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Xian-Wen GAN, Dan-Ting YIN, Robert BRAUCHLI
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Publication number: 20210269469Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to terpene glycosides, such as certain such compounds extracted from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, Rubus suavissimus, or Siraitia grosvenorii. The disclosure also provides for the use of such compounds as food ingredients, flavors, and sweeteners, and related methods. The disclosure also provides ingestible compositions comprising such compounds, as well as processes for extracting such compounds selectively from certain plant sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Firmenich SAInventor: Xian-Wen GAN
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Publication number: 20210261593Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to terpene glycosides, such as certain such compounds extracted from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, Rubus suavissimus, or Siraitia grosvenorii. The disclosure also provides for the use of such compounds as food ingredients, flavors, and sweeteners, and related methods. The disclosure also provides ingestible compositions comprising such compounds, as well as processes for extracting such compounds selectively from certain plant sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Dan-Ting YIN, Yi-Min WANG, Xian-Wen GAN
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Publication number: 20210147892Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to terpene glycosides, such as certain such compounds extracted from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, Rubus suavissimus, or Siraitiagrosvenorii. The disclosure also provides for the use of such compounds as food ingredients, flavors, and sweeteners, and related methods. The disclosure also provides ingestible compositions comprising such compounds, as well as processes for extracting such compounds selectively from certain plant sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Dan-Ting YIN, Xian-Wen GAN
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Publication number: 20200305483Abstract: The aspects presented herein provide the use of at least one cyclohexanecarboxylic acid in flavored articles to enhance, improve, or modify their sour taste.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Xian-Wen GAN, Dan-Ting YIN, Olivier HAEFLIGER, Ting CHEN