Patents by Inventor Cédric Sax

Cédric Sax 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: 20240049748
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product having a foam structure with foam pores which are partially open to the surface and are filled, partially or completely, with a fluid. The invention further relates to a method having embodiments for filling open foam pores in a defined manner. The invention also relates to a device having embodiments for filling open foam pores in a defined manner. The invention furthermore relates to the use of the foam products designed and filled according to the invention as main components for plant protein-based meat analogs. Particular advantages of the invention are the simplified multifunctionality of the products according to the invention in terms of their sensory and nutritional properties for adaptation to preferences and needs of certain target groups including individual customization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: ETH ZÜRICH
    Inventors: Erich WINDHAB, Joel ZINK, Cédric SAX, Bhaskar MITRA
  • Publication number: 20240049750
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product having a foam structure with a set ratio of gas pores open to the product surface and closed to the product surface. The invention also relates to a method with four embodiments according to the invention for the defined mechanical opening of closed foam pores. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device having four embodiments according to the invention for the defined mechanical opening of closed foam pores. The invention also relates to the use of products designed according to the invention as meat analogs or plant protein-based textured multiphase foods, more particularly vegetable or fruit composites. Particular advantages of the invention relate to the targeted influencing of the deformation and texture properties of foamed products and their accessibility from the outside for quick and easy filling of the open pores with fluid systems which introduce additional functionalities into the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: ETH ZÜRICH
    Inventors: Erich WINDHAB, Joel ZINK, Cédric SAX
  • Publication number: 20230040856
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drinking device that comprises two separate compartments, a first compartment for holding a flavored beverage or a flavoring agent for reconstituting the flavored beverage and a second compartment for holding an unflavored or weakly favored beverage, and a switching mechanism that allows for the sequential consumption of beverage from the first and the second compartment such that a subject ingests, in the course of each drinking event, first a volume of the flavored beverage and thereafter a volume of the unflavored or weakly favored beverage. Drinking from the device conveys to the subject a sensory experience that is similar to that produced by a typical uniformly flavored beverage even though it only consumed a fraction of the amount of flavoring agent that it would have consumed from drinking an equivalent volume of the uniformly flavored beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: POTIIO GMBH
    Inventors: Cédric Sax, Samuel Hess, Basil Denzler, Elia Schneider