Patents Assigned to Nestle, S.A.
  • Patent number: 11964792
    Abstract: The invention concerns a container (40), preferably a bottle, presenting a longitudinal axis comprising —a neck portion (42), —a shoulder portion (44) connected to the neck portion (42), —a body portion (45) comprising a label portion (46) and a grip portion (48) and connected to the shoulder portion (44) via a first connecting portion (49a), the label portion (46) and the grip portion (48) being connected together via a second connection portion (49b), and —a base portion (50) forming the bottom of the container (40) connected to the body portion via a third connecting portion (49c), wherein the grip portion (48) comprises at least one undulating bead (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Johannes Zimmer, Nicolas Dabrowski
  • Patent number: 11957720
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of probiotic bacteria. In particular, it relates to methods for treating or preventing functional GI disorders comprising administering Bifidobacterium longum, such as Bifidobacterium longum ATCC BAA-999.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Peter McLean, Gabriela Bergonzelli Degonda, Stephen Michael Collins, Premysl Bercik, Elena Verdu de Bercik
  • Patent number: 11957148
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture of human milk oligosaccharides and composition comprising thereof, that consists essentially of: LNnT, LNT, 2?-FL, 3?-SL, 6?-SL and either DFL or 3-FL, preferably DFL, that can be useful for preventing and/or treating viral and/or bacterial infections in a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnaes
  • Patent number: 11957270
    Abstract: A machine for preparing and dispensing a beverage, such as tea, coffee, hot chocolate, cold chocolate, milk, soup or baby food, comprising a capsule recognition module for recognizing a capsule inserted in said machine at a capsule recognition position, the capsule recognition module comprising a camera for capturing an image of at least part of said capsule in said capsule recognition position; wherein the capsule recognition module comprises a camera for capturing an image of at least part of a capsule in the capsule recognition position, at least one source of light, for example at least one LED, to light up the capsule at said capsule recognition position, wherein the capsule recognition module comprises a diffuser for diffusing the light of the at least one source of light towards the capsule recognition position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Sache, Christian Oggenfuss
  • Patent number: 11957652
    Abstract: Compositions contain citrulline and leucine or a metabolite thereof, such as hydroxyisocaproic acid (HICA) or beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB), including, for example, a synergistic amount of citrulline and leucine. Such compositions may be used in methods for treatment of pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome, or diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Moinard, Gabrielle Ventura, Denis Breuille, Christian Darimont-Nicolau, Luc Cynober
  • Patent number: 11959108
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered protease polypeptides and compositions thereof. The engineered protease polypeptides have been optimized to provide improved activity, improved thermostability, protease stability, autolytic stability, and stability under a range of pH conditions, including acidic (pH<7) and basic (pH>7) conditions. The invention also relates to the use of the compositions comprising the engineered protease polypeptides for therapeutic and/or nutritional purposes. The present invention also provides polynucleotides encoding the engineered protease polypeptides, as well as methods for making the engineered polynucleotides and protease polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Codexis, Inc., Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Chinping Chng, Nikki Dellas, Ravi David Garcia, Moulay Hicham Alaoui Ismaili, Kristen Jean Vallieu, Kerryn McCluskie
  • Patent number: 11957147
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a heat sterilized spoonable nutritional composition comprising: a protein source in an amount of 12 to 20% by weight of the composition, the protein source consisting of whey protein containing whey protein micelles and a source of casein, wherein the nutritional composition is a liquid or semi-liquid composition having a viscosity of between 400 and 4000 mPa·s at 20° C. measured at a shear rate of 100 s?1. The inventive heat sterilized spoonable nutritional composition preferably has a cysteine content of 1.2 to 2.4% by weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Giulia Marchesini, Nadine Haussmann, Kirstine Mette Sveje, Celine Loussert, Bertrand Schmitt, Christoph Widmer
  • Patent number: 11957274
    Abstract: A device for producing fluid foam includes a container where the fluid can be accommodated, and includes a foaming tool rotatable in the inner volume of the container. The texture and the porosity of the fluid foam obtained are provided by shear energy coming from Couette Flow effect and depend on the dimension of the foaming tool with respect to the inner volume of the container, on the location of the foaming tool from the bottom of the container and on the rotation speed of the foaming tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Alexa Perrin, Alexandre Perentes
  • Patent number: 11957146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amorphous particles comprising sugar and a bulking agent, having a closed porosity of lower than 20%. Further aspects of the invention relate to a food product comprising the amorphous particles; a process of making the amorphous particles and a fat based confectionery product containing them; and the use of the amorphous particles as bulk sugar replacers in food products such as fat based confectionery products for example, chocolate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Julien Doebelin Esquitino, Laurent Forny, Benjamin Jean Didier Le Reverend, Vincent Daniel Maurice Meunier
  • Patent number: 11950725
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portion dispenser (2) for dispensing beverage items (8) from an exchangeable cartridge (3) comprising: a frame (4) with a receiving portion (5) for receiving the exchangeable cartridge, a discharge opening (6) next to the receiving portion (5) and sized for allowing a beverage item to be individually discharged by gravity from the 5 exchangeable cartridge, a moving means assembly (16) comprising a moving means (19) and a moving means housing (20) in which the moving means are arranged for moving therein, wherein the moving means (19) are arranged for providing a discharge chamber (23) for discharge of at least one beverage item therein and for transporting to a dispensing area (17) and wherein the moving means assembly (16) is arranged for sealingly 10 connecting with the exchangeable cartridge (3) and comprises means for opening the exchangeable cartridge to allow the discharge of the beverage item in the discharge chamber and for re-closing the exchangeable cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Damien Romand, Etienne Crozier, Marco Magatti
  • Patent number: 11944231
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage preparation machine (1) comprising a fluid system comprising a fluid source (2), a pump (3), a heating element (4), at least two container holders (7a, 7b) adapted for receiving ingredient containers (11, 17), a control unit (8) for controlling the fluid system to prepare a beverage by mixing fluid with the beverage ingredient contained in the containers to produce a mixed beverage component in each of the containers, wherein the control unit is further arranged to dispense part or whole of the mixed components sequentially or simultaneously to produce the beverage, wherein the container holders (7a, 7b) differ from one another for holding containers of different sizes and/or types and, and wherein it further comprises separate fluid injection interfaces (9a, 9b) having different structural and kinematic configurations, and arranged for independently delivering fluid in one of the corresponding ingredient containers; each interface being connected to the fluid system and bein
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Talon, Christophe Sebastien Paul Heydel, Christian Jarisch, Andre Noth, Enzo Bonacci, Jean-Luc Denisart, Alfred Yoakim
  • Patent number: 11945638
    Abstract: A packaged food product is configured for being heated in a solid state microwave oven and a method heats a food in a solid state microwave oven. Particularly, the packaged food product includes a food, a tray and a susceptor, and a thermal insulation is positioned between the susceptor and the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Sumeet Dhawan, Ulrich Johannes Erle, Erich Heinze
  • Patent number: 11939127
    Abstract: Pallet unit (1) for transporting objects comprising a pallet (10) and a stack (11) of object blocks (B1 . . . B5) arranged on the pallet (10). The pallet unit (1) comprises a wrapping sheet (12) having vertical portions (V1 . . . V12) and horizontal portions (h1 h15) covering parts of the blocks (B1 . . . B5), said wrapping sheet (12) being laid along a continuous path and extending at least partly within the stack (11). Method for palletizing object blocks using said pallet unit (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Johannes Zimmer, Julius Petrausch
  • Patent number: 11930964
    Abstract: A machine (1) for processing a liquid food substance includes: a jug (20) having a container (21) and delimiting a food for containing the liquid food substance; and a base (10) that has one or more walls (11) forming a seat (11?) for removably receiving the container (21). The base (10) and/or the container (21) has one or more thermally insulating spacers (11a) spacing the base wall(s) (11) from thermally conditioned outside container wall(s) (21a) when the container (21) is received in or on the seat (11?) so as to prevent or inhibit thermal transfer from the container (21) into the base (10) via the base wall(s) (11) from the container wall(s) (21a) adjacent the base wall(s) (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Da Mi Byun, Heinz Dercar, Bertrand Guyon, Christian Hoffmann, Marco Restelli, Wolfgang Tuider, Philipp Zavarsky
  • Patent number: 11930836
    Abstract: A synthetic nutritional composition comprising a fatty acid derivative for use to promote, support or optimise de novo myelination, in particular the de novo myelination trajectory, and/or brain structure, and/or brain connectivity, and/or intellectual potential and/or cognitive potential and/or learning potential and/or cognitive functioning in a subject, in particular a formula fed subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Nora Schneider, Jonas Hauser, Sean Deoni, Tamas Bartfai
  • Patent number: 11926468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a capsule (2) for the preparation of a beverage by extracting the substance in a beverage preparation device, comprising: —an aluminium capsule body (3) with a bottom, a side wall (6) and an outwardly extending flange (7), —a cover (8) attached to the outwardly extending flange (7) and, —a sealing member (9) at the outwardly extending flange (7) for providing a water sealing contact with an enclosing member of the beverage preparation device; wherein the sealing member (9) comprises at least one annular layer of polymeric material positioned on the outwardly extending flange wherein in use in the device, the sealing member is compressed and wherein the outwardly extending flange (7) comprises an annular recess (16) with an annular bottom wall (17), and an inner projecting wall (18) and an outer projecting wall (19), both projecting walls (18, 19) extending in a direction towards the bottom of the capsule body and wherein the annular layer of polymeric material (20) is entirely contain
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Guido Bambagioni, Gilles Gavillet, Alexandre Kollep, Frederic Doleac
  • Patent number: 11918148
    Abstract: A system (10,20) for processing and handling a liquid food substance, comprises: a processing device (20) that has a processing cavity (21) in which the liquid food substance is processed (21), the processing cavity (21) having an opening (22) that is configured so that the liquid food substance is removable from the processing cavity (21) via the opening (22); and a handling arrangement (10) that is configured to handle the liquid food substance when the liquid food substance is collected in an external user-recipient, such as a cup or a mug, after its processing in the processing cavity (21). The handling arrangement (10) is seizable by a human hand. The handling arrangement (10) is separate from the processing device (20) and from the external user-recipient and is freely movable relative thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Da Mi Byun, Bertrand Guyon, Michal Pivrnec
  • Patent number: 11918141
    Abstract: A beverage preparation machine (1) comprising a thermal conditioning device (71), such as a heater or cooler, said thermal conditioning device (71) comprising a control unit (4) for controlling a start-up phase of the thermal conditioning device (71) from a temperature of inactivity to an operative temperature, the control unit (4) comprising: a controller with a start-up profile for starting-up the thermal conditioning device (71), wherein the start-up profile has at least one parameter and the controller has a self-learning mode for adjusting the at least one parameter; and a temperature sensor connected to the controller for measuring a temperature of the thermal conditioning device (71); wherein the self-learning mode causes the controller during a start-up phase to: calculate a ramp value representative of a rate of change in temperature during the start-up phase of the thermal conditioning device; adjust the at least one parameter as a function of the adjusted ramp value; use the adjusted at least one p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Ioannis Argyris, Eric Granger
  • Patent number: 11907802
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system (10) of a package (2) containing a product and an apparatus (1) using said product, the apparatus being refilled by the product contained in the package, wherein a code (21) related to the contained product is associated to the package, said code being a two dimension code and said code presenting a predetermined surface Scode, and wherein the apparatus comprises a code reader (11) to read the code associated to the package, said code reader being an image capturing device, said image capturing device being defined by: —a predetermined focal range, —a horizontal angle of view ? and a vertical angle of view ?, wherein the apparatus comprises a housing structure (16) and a cavity (12) inside the housing structure, wherein the image capturing device is positioned at the back side of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Flavien Dubief, Stefano Ceccaroli, Riste Pindjurov, Sandrine Jaccard
  • Patent number: 11882845
    Abstract: The present invention provides various whey protein compositions as nutritional formulations suitable for use as ready-to-use liquid compositions that are shelf-stable and contains high level of intact whey protein content. The present invention further provides the methods of making such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Marie-Louise Mateus, Pascaline Hoebler, Nicolas Auriou, Peter Fankhauser