Patents by Inventor Bernard Pora

Bernard Pora 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).

  • Publication number: 20240114944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising slowly digestible branched starch hydrolysates, methods for producing said compositions and uses thereof, in particular in the food industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Bernard PORA, Jovin HASJIM, Shiyao YU
  • Publication number: 20230083049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of porous starch as bulking agent in a chewing gum. The present invention also relates to a process of fabricating the chewing gum and to a chewing gum composition comprising porous starch as bulking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jovin HASJIM, Zhiqin XU, Bernard PORA
  • Publication number: 20230049362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of native and/or porous starch as white pigment in dental health products and in particular in toothpastes. The present invention also relates to the process of fabricating a dental health product composition and in particular a toothpaste composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jovin HASJIM, Guangyu ZHANG, Jia LI, Bernard PORA
  • Patent number: 11278625
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to new film-forming compositions based on starchy material, comprising isosorbide. The instant invention also relates to products made from the film-forming compositions of the invention, in particular hard and soft capsules shells, and to methods for the manufacture of such products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Bernard Pora, Yong Miao, Jovin Hasjim
  • Publication number: 20210332155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing stabilized buckwheat starches comprising a specific heat treatment. The present invention also relates to stabilized buckwheat starches obtainable by said process, as well as the use of said stabilized buckwheat starches for the preparation of a food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Bernard PORA, Jovin HASJIM, Jingling TAO, Jie SUN
  • Publication number: 20210315227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (i) from 10 to 40% by weight, preferably from 20 to 30% by weight of an edible oil; (ii) lactose and (iii) mannitol wherein the edible oil comprises at least 20% by weight, preferably between 25 and 40% by weight, typically 30 and 35% by weight of polyunsaturated fatty acids and the weight ratio of lactose to mannitol is from 1:3 to 3:1, preferably between 1:2 to 2:1, more preferably 1:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Bernard PORA, Chaolan TANG, Jovin HASJIM
  • Publication number: 20210284683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for extracting protein, starch and fibers from buckwheat, more particularly from buckwheat groat or flour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jovin HASJIM, Jingling TAO, Bernard PORA
  • Patent number: 11040105
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to film-forming compositions suitable for the manufacture of hard capsule shells, which are based on starchy material. The instant invention also relates hard capsule shells made from the film-forming compositions of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Armand Chen, Yong Miao, Bernard Pora
  • Publication number: 20190351062
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to film-forming compositions suitable for the manufacture of hard capsule shells, which are based on starchy material. The instant invention also relates hard capsule shells made from the film-forming compositions of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Armand CHEN, Yong MIAO, Bernard PORA
  • Patent number: 10087467
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of squalene from microalgae belonging to the family of Thraustochytriales sp., preferably at concentrations of between 2 and 12 g per 100 g of dry biomass. The method is characterized in that it comprises steps consisting in: culturing microalgae belonging to the family of Thraustochytriales sp. at a temperature of between 25 and 35° C., preferably between 28 and 32° C., and more preferably of the order of 30° C.; and adding between 1 and 1000 ?g of vitamin B12 per liter of culture medium to said culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Roquette Frares
    Inventors: Bernard Pora, Yun Qian, Bernard Caulier, Serge Comini, Philippe Looten, Laurent Segueilha
  • Publication number: 20180221486
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to new film-forming compositions based on starchy material, comprising isosorbide. The instant invention also relates to products made from the film-forming compositions of the invention, in particular hard and soft capsules shells, and to methods for the manufacture of such products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Bernard Pora, Yong Miao, Jovin Hasjim
  • Publication number: 20180016605
    Abstract: The invention concerns a strain of Shizochytrium mangrovei filed on 22 Nov. 2012 with the CNCM as number 1-4702 having the ability to produce a high quantity of docosahexaenoic acid (or DHA) and palmitic acid, the methods for producing the corresponding biomass containing said lipid compounds of interest, and the biomass containing the products and compositions prepared from this strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Serge Comini, Bernard Pora
  • Patent number: 9816116
    Abstract: The invention concerns a strain of Schizochytrium mangrovei, filed on 22 Nov. 2012 with the CNCM as number I-4702, having the ability to produce a high quantity of docosahexaenoic acid (or DHA) and palmitic acid, the methods for producing the corresponding biomass containing said lipid compounds of interest, and the biomass containing the products and compositions prepared from this strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Serge Comini, Bernard Pora
  • Patent number: 9783619
    Abstract: Hyper-branched maltodextrins having a dextrose equivalent (DE) between at least 8 and at most 15 and a molecular weight or Mw between at least 1,700 and at most 3,000 daltons, characterized in that same have: a 1,6 glucoside bond content between at least 30 and at most 45%; a soluble indigestible fiber content, which is determined according to the AOAC No. 2001-03 method, between at least 75 and at most 100%; and a hypoglycemic capacity expressed according to a test A, which:—in vitro, results in an 80 to 90% reduction of the ?-amylase hydrolysis of standard maltodextrins, and—in situ, by a 30 to 45% reduction in the intestinal digestive activity of standard maltodextrins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Roquette Frères
    Inventors: Stephanie Bureau, Laetitia Guerin-Deremaux, Bernard Pora
  • Patent number: 9476075
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strain of Mortierella alpina that can produce large quantities of arachidonic acid (ARA), to the methods for producing lipidic compounds of interest using said strain, and to the products and compositions produced with said strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Yun Qian, Jie Zhou, Bernard Pora
  • Patent number: 9476074
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel strain of Schizochytrium sp. that can produce large quantities of squalene, the methods for the production of lipid compounds of interest using said strain and the products and compositions prepared with said strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Bernard Pora, Jie Zhou, Sophie Defretin, Xavier Vandewalle
  • Publication number: 20160145656
    Abstract: The invention concerns a strain of Shizochytrium mangrovei filed on 22 Nov. 2012 with the CNCM as number I-4702 having the ability to produce a high quantity of docosahexaenoic acid (or DHA) and palmitic acid, the methods for producing the corresponding biomass containing said lipid compounds of interest, and the biomass containing the products and compositions prepared from this strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: SERGE COMINI, BERNARD PORA
  • Publication number: 20150252395
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strain of Mortierella alpina that can produce large quantities of arachidonic acid (or ARA), to the methods for producing lipidic compounds of interest using said strain, and to the products and compositions produced with said strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Yun Qian, Jie Zhou, Bernard Pora
  • Publication number: 20150025037
    Abstract: Hyper-branched maltodextrins having a dextrose equivalent (DE) between at least 8 and at most 15 and a molecular weight or Mw between at least 1,700 and at most 3,000 daltons, characterized in that same have: a 1,6 glucoside bond content between at least 30 and at most 45%; a soluble indigestible fiber content, which is determined according to the AOAC No. 2001-03 method, between at least 75 and at most 100%; and a hypoglycemic capacity expressed according to a test A, which:—in vitro, results in an 80 to 90% reduction of the ?-amylase hydrolysis of standard maltodextrins, and—in situ, by a 30 to 45% reduction in the intestinal digestive activity of standard maltodextrins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Stèphanie Bureau, Laëtitia Guerin-Deremaux, Bernard Pora
  • Publication number: 20140113015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel strain of Schizochytrium sp. that can produce large quantities of squalene, the methods for the production of lipid compounds of interest using said strain and the products and compositions prepared with said strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Bernard Pora, Jie Zhou, Sophie Defretin, Xavier Vandewalle