Patents by Inventor Christopher Todd Simons
Christopher Todd Simons 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).
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Patent number: 11980209Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: GIVAUDAN SAInventors: Zhonghua Jia, Xiaogen Yang, Chad Allen Hansen, Charles Benjamin Naman, Christopher Todd Simons, Jay Patrick Slack, Kimberley Gray
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Patent number: 11540543Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Givaudan SAInventors: Chad Allen Hansen, Jay Patrick Slack, Christopher Todd Simons
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Publication number: 20210112829Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Zhonghua JIA, Xiaogen YANG, Chad Allen HANSEN, Charles Benjamin NAMAN, Christopher Todd SIMONS, Jay Patrick SLACK, Kimberley GRAY
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Patent number: 10905140Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: GIVAUDAN S.A.Inventors: Zhonghua Jia, Xiaogen Yang, Chad Allen Hansen, Charles Benjamin Naman, Christopher Todd Simons, Jay Patrick Slack, Kimberley Gray
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Publication number: 20210015134Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Chad Allen HANSEN, Jay Patrick SLACK, Christopher Todd SIMONS
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Patent number: 10827773Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Givaudan SAInventors: Chad Allen Hansen, Jay Patrick Slack, Christopher Todd Simons
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Publication number: 20200245664Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Chad Allen HANSEN, Jay Patrick SLACK, Christopher Todd SIMONS
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Patent number: 10660356Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Givaudan SAInventors: Chad Allen Hansen, Jay Patrick Slack, Christopher Todd Simons
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Publication number: 20200022387Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Zhonghua JIA, Xiaogen YANG, Chad Allen HANSEN, Charles Benjamin NAMAN, Christopher Todd SIMONS, Jay Patrick SLACK, Kimberley GRAY
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Patent number: 10463063Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: GIVAUDAN S.A.Inventors: Zhonghua Jia, Xiaogen Yang, Chad Allen Hansen, Charles Benjamin Naman, Christopher Todd Simons, Jay Patrick Slack, Kimberley Gray
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Publication number: 20190069580Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Zhonghua JIA, Xiaogen YANG, Chad Allen HANSEN, Charles Benjamin NAMAN, Christopher Todd SIMONS, Jay Patrick SLACK, Kimberley GRAY
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Patent number: 10172378Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that block off-notes in consumables and methods of blocking off-notes in consumables including off-notes provided by sweeteners such as stevioside, swingle extract, glyccerhizin, perillartine, naringin dihydrochalcone, neohesperidine dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, rubusoside, rubus extract, and rebaudioside A, and artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame K (Acesulfame potassium), sucralose and cyclamate.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Givaudan, SAInventors: Ioana Maria Ungureanu, Nicole Brune Servant, Jay Patrick Slack, Kimberley Gray, Christopher Todd Simons, Jenny Ellen Evans Pennimpede
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Publication number: 20180235259Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Zhonghua JIA, Xiaogen YANG, Chad Allen HANSEN, Charles Benjamin NAMAN, Christopher Todd SIMONS, Jay Patrick SLACK, Kimberley GRAY
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Publication number: 20180000141Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Chad Allen HANSEN, Jay Patrick SLACK, Christopher Todd SIMONS
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Patent number: 9775373Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Givaudan S.A.Inventors: Chad Allen Hansen, Jay Patrick Slack, Christopher Todd Simons
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Patent number: 9693576Abstract: Provided is a hydrolyzed pea protein based fermentation process employing Lactobacillus sp., the formed ingredient, food products comprising said ingredient and a method of enhancing the salty taste of food products.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: GIVAUDAN SAInventors: Tarun Bhowmik, Christopher Todd Simons, Stefka Ivanova Myaka
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Publication number: 20170127702Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Chad Allen HANSEN, Jay Patrick SLACK, Christopher Todd SIMONS
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Patent number: 9572368Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Givaudan S. A.Inventors: Chad Allen Hansen, Jay Patrick Slack, Christopher Todd Simons
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Patent number: 9572369Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Givaudan S.A.Inventors: Chad Allen Hansen, Jay Patrick Slack, Christopher Todd Simons
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Patent number: 9451784Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that block off-notes in consumables and methods of blocking off-notes in consumables including off-notes provided by artificial sweeteners including aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame K (Acesulfame potassium), sucralose and cyclamate; and including stevioside, swingle extract, glyccerhizin, perillartine, naringin dihydrochalcone, neohesperidine dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, rubusoside, rubus extract, and rebaudioside A.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: GIVAUDAN S.A.Inventors: Ioana Maria Ungureanu, Nicole Brune Servant, Jay Patrick Slack, Kimberley Gray, Christopher Todd Simons, Jenny Ellen Evans Pennimpede