Patents Examined by Irene Marx
  • Nutritional composition comprising strains and reducing food allergy symptoms, especially in infants and children
    Patent number: 9439449
    Abstract: A complete nutritional composition comprising Bifidobacterium strains or probiotic is provided for reducing the symptoms of allergies originating from food allergens in young children or infants. Preferably the composition reduces symptoms of allergies (secondary prevention) and also reduces sensitization (primary prevention). The composition comprises a probiotic of the genus Bifidobacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Sebastien Holvoet, Annick Mercenier, Adrian Zuercher
  • Method of preparation of compositions comprising dehydrated micro-organisms
    Patent number: 9421232
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising revivable dehydrated micro-organisms. The invention is characterized in that it further comprises particles at least 50% of which have a mean diameter greater than 250 ?m. The invention is applicable, in particular, to human or veterinary pharmaceuticals, to dietetics or to food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: VIRBAC SA
    Inventor: Guy Derrieu
  • Equol-containing fermentation product of soybean embryonic axis, and method for production thereof
    Patent number: 9386786
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material that is useful for foods, pharmaceutical preparations, cosmetic products, etc. The equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material of the invention is obtained by fermenting soybean hypocotyls using at least one microorganism having an equol-producing ability by utilizing at least one daidzein compound selected from the group consisting of diadzein glycosides, daidzein, and dihydrodaidzein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kimura, Takeshi Yamauchi, Tomomi Ueno, Toshimi Suzuki, Kentaro Tadano, Ikutaro Sato, Shigeto Uchiyama, Masahiro Oono, Masatoshi Mizuno
  • Method of making protease that decomposes proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis with
    Patent number: 9376671
    Abstract: The invention provides novel biologically pure cultures of microorganisms high in protease activity and capable of decomposing proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis as contained in garbage, waste water, organic waste liquids, industrial wastes and the like, a protease produced by such microorganisms and capable of decomposing proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis, and a method of utilizing the same. The novel culture is of a soil-derived microorganism belonging to Streptomyces sp., or a strain derived therefrom, which produces a protease capable of efficiently decomposing proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis as contained in waste water, organic waste liquids, industrial wastes and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Doi, Naoko Kinoshita, Tatsuzo Oka, Zhao Hui
  • Process for culturing bacteria
    Patent number: 9365819
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for culturing bacteria of the family Streptococcaceae (such as of the genus lactococcus), a medium for culturing the bacteria, and the obtained bacteria cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Møllgaard, Henrik Rømer, Asger Geppel
  • Dried and/or microencapsulated cells with a high content of (s)-(+)-s-adenosyl-l-methionine, process for their preparation, and compositons containing said cells
    Patent number: 9365817
    Abstract: Disclosed are dried and/or microencapsulated Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells with a high content of (S)-(+)-S-adenosyl-L-methionine, in the form of a free base obtainable from selected high-productivity strains of (S)-(+)-SAMe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Gnosis S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Benedetti, Lino Sivieri
  • Use of antioxidant-enriched fermented blueberry extracts in the treatment of diabetes
    Patent number: 9358262
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing diabetes or obesity that comprises administering an antioxidant-enriched composition produced by fermenting fruit extracts with the bacteria Serratia vaccinii. The antioxidant-enriched composition is capable of decreasing plasma glucose levels, increasing circulating adiponectin levels and decreasing hyperphagia in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: University of Ottawa
    Inventors: Chantal Matar, Pierre S. Haddad
  • Fermented cereal product obtained by fermentation of rye bran with a Lactobacillus curvatus strain
    Patent number: 9357792
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a non-antibiotic therapeutic strategy for inhibiting oro-gastro-intestinal infections and pathogens in general and particularly Heliobacter pylori adherence and colonization in the gastrointestinal channel and preventing or relieving associated oro-gastro-intestinal disease. The invention relates to methods and products based on an active cereal product or ferric quinate. The invention is also applicable to other oro-gastro-intestinal pathogens in both humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Borén, Göran Hallmans, Per Åman
  • Composition having biocide activity for aqueous preparations
    Patent number: 9345241
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for bacterial stabilizing aqueous preparations like e.g. calcium carbonate slurries and a composition which can be used for the biocidal treatment of such aqueous preparations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Nicola Di Maiuta, Patrick Schwarzentruber, Matthias Buri, Patrick Arthur Charles Gane
  • Nutritional composition with probiotics
    Patent number: 9314047
    Abstract: A composition comprising Bifidobacterium breve, a non-digestible saccharide A and a non-digestible saccharide B, optionally combined with Lactobacillus paracasei and the use of said composition for the treatment and/or prevention of gastro-intestinal disorder, immune disorder and/or endocrine disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: N.V. Nutricia
    Inventors: Gelske Speelmans, Jan Knol, Monique Haarman, Johan Garssen, Adrianus Johannes Maria Vriesema, Martine Sandra Alles
  • mutant strain and a fermentation method for producing acetoin using this organism
    Patent number: 9315874
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mutant strain of Bacillus subtilis SFA-H31 and includes an optimized method for producing of acetoin using this strain. The advantage of this method to produce acetoin has been defined by its high-yield without mixture with diacetyl or 2,3-butanediol, both of which are usually accompanied with acetoin in other strain. This Bacillus subtilis mutant strain has been deposited in China General Microbiological Culture Collection (CGMCC) and the accession number is CGMCC No. 1869, in which the process of fermentation for acetoin production is composed of (1) strain activation, (2) seed culture, (3) fermentation, (4) quantification of substrates and products. Based on current method, the concentration of acetoin in the ferment broth can reach to 35-55 g/L and the conversion rate of glucose to acetoin is in the range of 40-50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Shandong Food Fermentation Industry Research & Design Institute
    Inventors: Jianjun Liu, Xiangying Zhao, Jiaxiang Zhang, Yanjun Tian, Yanlei Han, Li Han
  • Immune function modulating agents
    Patent number: 9314041
    Abstract: A probiotic lactobacillus was discovered from lactobacilli of the Lactobacillus genus independently isolated from human adult feces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sashihara, Makoto Yamaguchi, Yoshitaka Nakamura, Shuji Ikegami, Seiko Narushima, Katsunori Kimura, Shinya Nagafuchi, Masaki Terahara
  • Method for extracting components from a yeast cell culture
    Patent number: 9309549
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for extracting components from yeast cells with a purified phospholipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lisbeth Kalum, Per Munk Nielsen, Steffen Ernst
  • Antimicrobial composition comprising pyrogenic silica and serratiopeptidase
    Patent number: 9302027
    Abstract: A complex antimicrobial sorption composition possessing the necrolytic effect for treating the purulent wounds, the trophic ulcers, the wounds, and the infiltrates with the significant necrotic and exudative components represents the silica sorbent with the immobilized drug. Fine pyrogenic silica is used as a siliceous sorbent, and serrathiopeptidase as a drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: WILLINGSFORD LIMITED
    Inventors: Alexandr A. Golub, Olga O. Biliaieva, Viacheslav V. Neshta
  • Lactic acid bacterium having high oxalic acid decomposition ability
    Patent number: 9283252
    Abstract: The present invention provides lactic acid bacteria having oxalic acid-degrading activity several times higher than those of conventionally known lactic acid bacteria having an oxalic acid-degrading activity, and uses thereof. Lactic acid bacteria capable of degrading a large amount of oxalic acid were screened from 132 strains of Lactobacillus lactic acid bacteria that have been independently isolated from feces and gastric juices of human adults. As a result, lactic acid bacteria having an oxalic acid degradation rate of 50% or more when cultured at 37° C. for 72 hours in a culture medium containing 10 mM oxalic acid at pH 6.5 at the start of culture were discovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ochi, Hiroshi Tsuboi
  • Bacteria isolated from fresh honey or the honey producing tract of honey bees
    Patent number: 9282761
    Abstract: The invention relates to new isolated Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium strains which have been isolated from fresh honey having a water content above 18% by weight or from the honey producing tract of at least one bee. The bacterial strains have unique properties rendering them useful in many products such as in food and beverage products, feed products and medica products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Inventors: Tobias Olofsson, Alejandra Vasquez
  • Compositions comprising dehydrated micro-organisms, method for preparing same, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9259448
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising revivable dehydrated micro-organisms. The invention is characterized in that it further comprises particles at least 50% of which have a mean diameter greater than 250 ?m. The invention is applicable, in particular, to human or veterinary pharmaceuticals, to dietetics or to food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: VIRBAC SA
    Inventor: Guy Derrieu
  • Mixture of lactic bacteria for the preparation of gluten free baked products
    Patent number: 9237753
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a mixture of lactic bacteria for yeasting of gluten-free baked products. Particularly, the invention concerns the use of “natural yeast” based on selected lactic bacteria as yeasting agent for the production of gluten-free bread, with improved sensory and nutritional property, designed for celiac patients feeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: GIULIANI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giammaria Giuliani, Anna Benedusi, Raffaella Di Cagno, Maria De Angelis, Antonella Luisi, Marco Gobbetti
  • CNCM I-1225 for the anti-adhesion of skin pathogenic flora
    Patent number: 9226943
    Abstract: Bacterial agents for preparing compositions which are for cosmetic, pharmaceutical or veterinary use and which are intended to stabilize and/or regulate the cutaneous ecosystem of mammals. These bacterial agents being an extract of a bacterium, or a bacterium, selected for their adhesion to skin cells and anti-adhesive to pathogens of the cutaneous system. The invention also relates to compositions containing such agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Markus Baur, Ralf Zink, Isabelle Auzanneau, Karine Buffard
  • Infant formula with probiotics and milk fat globule membrane components
    Patent number: 9226521
    Abstract: A nutritional composition is proposed comprising a probiotic and milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) wherein the MFGM and the probiotics mutually potentiate their respective effects and promote complementary beneficial protective mechanisms that reflect physiological synergy. The nutritional composition can be an infant formula, infant cereals, baby food or health care nutritional product. The synergistic effect can include promoting immune maturation and/or immune education and/or reducing inflammation and/or treating or preventing disease or infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Jalil Benyacoub, Stephanie Blum-Sperisen, Mohamed Nabil Bosco, Lionel Jean Rene Bovetto, Isabelle Bureau-Franz, Anne Donnet-Hughes, Eduardo Schiffrin, Laurent Favre