Patents Assigned to Nestec S.A.
  • Patent number: 9664264
    Abstract: A machine (1) for preparing a beverage comprises: a first part (20) and a second part (30) movable relative to the first part; a motor (51,51?) having a drive member (510, 511) such as a rotating drive axis; one or more mechanical transmission members (52; 521-523; 524-526) for transmitting a movement of the drive member to the movable part (30) for moving the movable part; and a transmission frame (200) for supporting the motor and the movable transmission member(s). The transmission frame is an integral component (200) on which the motor and the transmission members are directly mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Jurgen Kristlbauer
  • Patent number: 9662358
    Abstract: The invention discloses a composition comprising at least one long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, at least one probiotic and a mixture of oligosaccharides, said mixture containing at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide, at least one sialylated oligosaccharide and at least one neutral oligosaccharide, for use in the promotion of healthy bone growth and/or in the prevention and/or treatment of bone disease. Said bone disease is in particular osteomalacia, rickets, osteopenia or osteoporosis. Preferably the composition is a nutritional composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Gabriela Bergonzelli Degonda, Euridice Castaneda Gutierrez, Clara Garcia-Rodenas, Elizabeth Offord Cavin, Stephanie Viguet-Carrin
  • Patent number: 9661950
    Abstract: A machine (1) for preparing a beverage comprises: a handle (10, 12) having a drive portion (12) arranged to be contacted and driven by a human hand to move the handle into a beverage preparation position; and a user-interface (20a) for initiating beverage preparation. This drive portion comprises this user-interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Fabien Ludovic Agon
  • Publication number: 20170127694
    Abstract: A packaged product consisting essentially of a chilled dairy beverage in closed cup is disclosed. The beverage may be foamed by shaking, to provide pleasant foamy texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Luis Clavier Manrique, Jean-Marie Delattre, Christine Guezet, Muriele Rey-Garcia
  • Patent number: 9642489
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage production device (10) having a first dissolution chamber (1), said first dissolution chamber being configured for producing a beverage by mixing a beverage concentrate and a diluent and having: —at least one diluent inlet (11a, 11b) and—at least one liquid delivery outlet (12), —a bottom wall (13), the at least one liquid delivery outlet (12) being set in said bottom wall, wherein the device has a second dilution chamber (2), said second dilution chamber having: —a top wall (21), and—at least one liquid inlet (22) through the top wall, said liquid inlet being the liquid delivery outlet (12) of the first dissolution chamber, and—at least one diluent inlet (23) configured for introducing a diluent in the second dilution chamber and mixing said diluent with the liquid flowing from the at least one liquid inlet (22) through the top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Amol Ashok Bhalerao, David J. Harrison
  • Patent number: 9636369
    Abstract: The use of probiotic bacteria in the manufacture of a composition for administration to a woman in at least the third trimester of pregnancy for prevention of gestational diabetes, normalizing plasma glucose concentration and/or increasing insulin sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Seppo Salminen, Erika Isolauri, Kirsi Laitinen
  • Patent number: 9636367
    Abstract: The invention discloses a composition comprising at least one long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, at least one probiotic and a mixture of oligosaccharides, said mixture containing at least one of lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT) and lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide different from LNnT and LNT, at least one sialylated oligosaccharide and at least one neutral oligosaccharide, for use in increasing insulin sensitivity and/or reducing insulin resistance. This composition optionally further comprises 2?-fucosyllactose (FL). This composition is particularly adapted for use in infants who were born preterm and/or who experienced IUGR, in pregnant women suffering from gestational diabetes and in children, adolescents, and adults suffering from insulin resistance and/or type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Clara Garcia-Rodenas
  • Patent number: 9638563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) having a tubular shape, comprising a body (2) and at least two extremities (3a, 3b), wherein at least one of these extremities (3a, 3b) has a V-shape (4) and comprises an opening (5) forming an ellipse (6), and wherein the angle ? between i) the central and longitudinal axis (7) of the device (1) and ii) the tangential line (8) formed by said V-shape (4) is lower than 10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Marc Montarras
  • Patent number: 9635971
    Abstract: The invention concerns a container (1) for storing and dispensing a flowable product comprising a tank (2) and a dispensing closure for dispensing the product from the tank comprising disc member (3, 4) with apertures (31, 41) therein, one of the disc (4) being rotatable and susceptible to cooperate with a rotatable shaft. The invention also concerns a machine susceptible to be fed with a flowable product stored in such a container, said machine comprising disc members (8, 9) with apertures (81, 91) therein, one of the disc (9) being rotatable and cooperating with a rotatable shaft (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Karine Laithier, Alain Contal, Thierry Jean Robert Fabozzi, Zenon Ioannis Mandralis, Lucio Scorrano
  • Patent number: 9637288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealable element (1) for sealing the rim (21) of receptacles (20), the element (1) comprising at least a backing layer (2) made from a deformable material, and a sealable membrane (3) detachably connected to the backing layer (2), wherein the membrane (3) comprises an additional or integral opening means (4), wherein at least the membrane (3) has a contour with a radius varying between a lower radius value (L) and an upper radius value (U), wherein the ratio between the lower radius value (L) and the upper radius value (U) is defined by the equation 0.9?L/u?0.99, preferably 0.95?L/u?0.97. The invention further relates to a cap (10) comprising said sealable element (1) and to a receptacle (20) comprising said cap (10) being removably attached onto an opening (O).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Abegglen, Berenice Connes, Gilles Demaurex, Philippe Domansky, Thierry Fabozzi, Stephane Hentzel, XiaoFeng Lan, Raphael Thivolet
  • Patent number: 9630993
    Abstract: The present invention provides cyclic peptides comprising a dimer of peptides, each peptide comprising a sequence corresponding to the HER2 splice variant HER2Delta16, wherein the cyclic peptide is cyclized via a disulfide bond between the peptides and via an amino acid linking the peptides. The invention also provides methods of making antibodies that specifically bind to HER2Delta16 homodimers using said cyclic peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Nicholas Chi-Kwan Ling
  • Patent number: 9629441
    Abstract: Wearable packages for consumable products and methods for using same are provided. In a general embodiment, the wearable packages include a first compartment for housing a product and a second compartment for housing a bi-stable band. The wearable packages provide several advantages and benefits including, but not limited to convenient carrying and handling of consumable products and easy two-, one-, or no-handed access to products contained within the wearable packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Raphael Schaller, Matthew Blake Rodgers, Joel Dean Genaw, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9629908
    Abstract: Ways to increase the effectiveness of probiotics is disclosed. One embodiment relates to a combination of probiotics with secretory IgA and possible uses of this combination. For example, a method of using a composition comprising secretory IgA and at least one probiotic to prepare a product to treat or prevent infection is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Jalil Benyacoub, Blaise Corthesy, Stephanie Blum-Sperisen, Laurent Favre
  • Patent number: 9616094
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of nutrition, more particularly to the use of probiotics in nutrition. In particular the present invention relates to the use of a probiotic or of a mixture of probiotics in the manufacture of a nutritional composition or a medicament to act the colon in a pre- or post surgical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Eduardo Schiffrin
  • Patent number: 9612184
    Abstract: Apparatuses for measuring rheological properties of fluids and methods for using same are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a mixer sensor that is configured to be attached to a rheometer drive head and used to measure rheological properties of a fluid having particulates over a wide range of temperatures and shear rates. Apparatuses capable of obtaining rheological data of a fluid having particulates over a wide range of temperatures and shear rates provides for more precise rheological measurements. The temperatures may be very high temperatures that exceed 100° C., and the shear rates may includes a range of shear rates that are typically found in a processing pipeline system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Ferhan Ozadali, Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, Rabiha Sulaiman
  • Publication number: 20170087161
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the early prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in infants or children. For example, the present invention relates to the prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in infants or children through appropriate maternal nutrition for women desiring to get pregnant and/or during pregnancy and/or lactation. Embodiments of the present invention relate to the Vitamin B2 for use in the prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in the offspring, wherein the vitamin B2 is administered to women desiring to get pregnant and/or to the mother during pregnancy and/or lactation and to maternal food compositions that can be used for this purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Cyrus Cooper, Peter David Gluckman, Keith Malcolm Godfrey, Catherine Mace, Irma Silva Zolezzi
  • Publication number: 20170089912
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods, devices and kits for the rapid identification and quantification of an analyte such as a protein biomarker. In the multiplexed immunoassay of the present invention, a plurality of capture antibodies are attached to a bead or a plurality of beads to capture and retain a biomarker from a sample such as a cell lysate. The bead, with a particular capture antibody attached thereto, can identify the biomarker captured from the cell lysate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: ALESSIO PALINI, INDIA C. SEVERIN
  • Patent number: 9603479
    Abstract: A capsule for preparing a beverage or liquid food from a substance, in a centrifugal brewing unit, by passing water through the substance contained in the capsule by using brewing centrifugal forces. The capsule includes an enclosure containing a predetermined dose of substance, an opening member which opens the capsule under the centrifugal effect to allow the brewed liquid to leave the capsule. The capsule may also include externally driving the capsule in a centrifugal brewing device wherein the capsule includes a structure configured to offer resistance to torque during rotation of the capsule for maintaining the capsule in a reference rotational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Yoakim, Jean-Paul Denisart, Antoine Ryser
  • Publication number: 20170079305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a frozen confection dispenser comprising: a reservoir for receiving and holding a product to be dispensed, an evaporator with cylindrical cooling element, a movement device comprising a helical element arranged to rotate concentrically externally of a cooling element in such a way as to advance the product along the longitudinal axis of the cooling element, and driving means engaged with the movement device for the rotation thereof, and dispenser means for dispensing of the product, wherein the helical element has an angle of attack a of less than 60° relative to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The invention also relates to the helical element as such and to a method for dispensing frozen confection with a dispenser according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Alina Maria Barniol Gutierrez, Dominique Baccus, Lars Lykke Espersen, Rafal Koperek, Adrien Gourmaud
  • Patent number: 9598232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Card for containing food or beverage ingredients comprising: a substantially planar and rigid base portion, at least two ingredient compartments for storing the ingredients and at least two discharge portions, each discharge portions being linked to one of the compartments and extending along the plane of the base portion, and at least one sealing member provided on the base portion covering the compartments and discharge portions on the base portion side of the card, wherein the card is designed for insertion in a food and beverage preparation device in order to dispense the ingredients from the compartments via the discharge portions. The invention further relates to a food and beverage preparation system, comprising a card according to the invention and a food and beverage preparation device, as well as to a method for preparing food or beverages using the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Flick