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).

  • Patent number: 11976091
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Dan-Ting Yin, Yi-Min Wang, Xian-Wen Gan
  • Patent number: 11919920
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventor: Xian-Wen Gan
  • Publication number: 20230148070
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Ci XU, Dan-Ting YIN, Xian-Wen GAN
  • Publication number: 20230061835
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Dan-Ting YIN, Xian-Wen GAN
  • Publication number: 20220304352
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Xian-Wen GAN, Eric FREROT
  • Publication number: 20220273011
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Howard MUNT, Eric FREROT, Maud REITER, Nicolas JECKELMANN, Herve PAMINGLE, Xian-Wen GAN
  • Publication number: 20220017564
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Xian-Wen GAN, Dan-Ting YIN
  • Publication number: 20220017563
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Xian-Wen GAN, Dan-Ting YIN, Robert BRAUCHLI
  • Publication number: 20210269469
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventor: Xian-Wen GAN
  • Publication number: 20210261593
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Dan-Ting YIN, Yi-Min WANG, Xian-Wen GAN
  • Publication number: 20210147892
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Dan-Ting YIN, Xian-Wen GAN
  • Publication number: 20200305483
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Xian-Wen GAN, Dan-Ting YIN, Olivier HAEFLIGER, Ting CHEN