Patents by Inventor Eline Marleen van der Beek

Eline Marleen van der Beek 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: 20120121756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to human milk fortifiers comprising high protein content and long chain poly-unsaturated fatty acids. Use of such human milk fortifier improves the body adipose tissue distribution by increasing the subcutaneous adipose tissue mass, while at the same time not increasing visceral adipose tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Eline Marleen van der Beek, Günther Boehm, Christopher Beermann, Neena Modi, Jimmy David Bell
  • Patent number: 8119142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing obesity later in life by administering a certain nutritional composition to an infant with the age between 0 and 36 months. The composition comprises linoleic and alpha-linolenic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: N.V. Nutricia
    Inventors: Renate Maria Louise Zwijsen, Gelske Speelmans, Eline Marleen van der Beek, Günther Boehm
  • Publication number: 20110300204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition for infants and/or toddlers comprising a lipid component which has a large lipid globule size, having a volume weighted mode diameter above 1.0 ?m and/or with a diameter of 2 to 12 ?m in a amount of at least 45 volume % based on total lipid. The composition can be used to increase bone mineral content and/or bone mass density, to prevent osteoporosis and/or osteopenia and for the further prevention of obesity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Eline Marleen Van Der Beek, Gelske Speelmans, Antonie Van Baalen, Annemarie Oosting, Günther Boehm
  • Publication number: 20110300225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition for infants and/or toddlers comprising a lipid component which has a lipid globules coated with phospholipids. The composition is used for increasing bone mineral content, bone mineral density, preventing osteoporosis, and/or preventing ostopenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Eline Marleen Van Der Beek, Gelske Speelmans, Annemarie Oosting, Antonie Van Baalen, Marieke Abrahamse-Berkenveld, Günther Boehm
  • Publication number: 20110217411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition for infants and/or toddlers comprising a lipid component which has a lipid globules coated with polar lipids. The composition can be used to prevent obesity and/or improve body composition later in life. Said liquid comprises 10-50 wt % vegetable liquids based on the dry weight of the composition, and (i) 0.5-20 wt % phospholipids based on total weight or (ii) 0.6-25 wt % of polar lipids based on total lipids, wherein polar lipids are the sum of phospholipids, glycosphingolipids and cholesterol, and said composition comprises lipid globules with a core comprising said vegetable lipids and a coating comprising said phospholipids or polar lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Eline Marleen Van Der Beek, Marieke Abrahamse-Berkeveld, Günther Boehm, Antonie Van Baalen
  • Publication number: 20110034407
    Abstract: A composition comprising sphingophospholipid or its degradation product and at least one non-digestible carbohydrate for providing and/or maintaining an optimal intestinal microbiota is provided. The composition is especially suitable for infant nutrition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Willem Ferdinand Nieuwenhuizen, Kaouther Ben Amor, Jan Knol, Eline Marleen Van Der Beek, Christopher Beermann, Guenther Boehm
  • Publication number: 20110009357
    Abstract: The invention pertains to the use of a lipid fraction for the support of brain function. The lipid fraction comprises the medium-chain fatty acids at least 4 g hexanoic acid and/or at least 5 g octanoic acid, at least 1 g eicosapentaenoic acid, and in addition more than 0.4 g ?-linolenic acid per 100 g fatty acids of the lipid fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Johan Joseph Hageman, Eline Marleen Van Der Beek, Martine Groenendijk, Patrick Joseph Gerardus Hendrikus Kamphuis
  • Publication number: 20110009359
    Abstract: A composition comprising at least two non-digestible carbohydrates for providing and/or maintaining an optimal intestinal microbiota is provided. The composition is especially suitable for infant nutrition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Kaouther Ben Amor, Jan Knol, Willem Ferdinand Nieuwenhuizen, Eline Marleen Van Der Beek, Gelske Speelmans
  • Publication number: 20100075900
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing and/or treating visceral adiposity by administering a certain nutritional composition to an infant with the age between 0 and 36 months, and preventing the occurrence of diseases later in life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: N.V. Nutricia
    Inventors: Renate Maria Louise Zwijsen, Hubertus Josephus Maria Van De Heijning, Eline Marleen Van Der Beek, Katrien Maria Jozefa Van Laere, Günther Boehm
  • Publication number: 20100068149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing and/or treating visceral adiposity and/or to alter body fat distribution by administering a certain nutritional composition to a human subject with the age between 0 and 48 months, and preventing the occurrence of diseases later in life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: N.V. Nutricia
    Inventors: Renate Maria Louise Zwijsen, Eline Marleen Van Der Beek, Gelske Speelmans, Günther Boehm