Patents by Inventor Daniel Hugelshofer

Daniel Hugelshofer 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).

  • Compositions comprising secretory IgA and probiotics
    Patent number: 12350332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing compositions comprising secretory IgA and one or more probiotics. In particular, the invention relates to methods for producing compositions in which the secretory IgA and one or more probiotics are associated. The invention also relates to compositions obtainable by the methods and uses of the compositions, for example in reducing or preventing a non-viral infection and/or inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Favre, Daniel Hugelshofer
  • Milk chocolate containing water
    Patent number: 7651721
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing milk chocolate products containing a higher than normal water content by preparing a dark chocolate containing up to 30% by weight of water, adding a milk powder suspension optionally together with seed crystals of cocoa butter or cocoa butter equivalent, and mixing under low shear. The invention also relates to high water content milk chocolate products, methods of preparing a chocolate coated ice cream article with such products and to the resulting chocolate coated ice cream articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Beckett, Daniel Hugelshofer, Junkuan Wang, Erich Josef Windhab
  • MILK CHOCOLATE CONTAINING WATER
    Publication number: 20080187629
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing milk chocolate products containing a higher than normal water content by preparing a dark chocolate containing up to 30% by weight of water, adding a milk powder suspension optionally together with seed crystals of cocoa butter or cocoa butter equivalent, and mixing under low shear. The invention also relates to high water content milk chocolate products, methods of preparing a chocolate coated ice cream article with such products and to the resulting chocolate coated ice cream articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Beckett, Daniel Hugelshofer, Junkuan Wang, Erich Josef Windhab
  • Milk chocolate containing water
    Patent number: 7186435
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing milk chocolate products containing a higher than normal water content by preparing a dark chocolate containing up to 30% by weight of water, adding a milk powder suspension optionally together with seed crystals of cocoa butter or cocoa butter equivalent, and mixing under low shear. The invention also relates to high water content milk chocolate products, methods of preparing a chocolate coated ice cream article with such products and to the resulting chocolate coated ice cream articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Beckett, Daniel Hugelshofer, Junkuan Wang, Erich Josef Windhab
  • Milk chocolate containing water
    Publication number: 20030118697
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing milk chocolate products containing a higher than normal water content by preparing a dark chocolate containing up to 30% by weight of water, adding a milk powder suspension optionally together with seed crystals of cocoa butter or cocoa butter equivalent, and mixing under low shear. The invention also relates to high water content milk chocolate products, methods of preparing a chocolate coated ice cream article with such products and to the resulting chocolate coated ice cream articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Beckett, Daniel Hugelshofer, Junkuan Wang, Erich Josef Windhab