Patents by Inventor Eric Mignolet

Eric Mignolet 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).

  • Method to alter the isomeric profile of trans fatty acid in ruminant meat and milk and to increase the concentration of $I(cis)-11 conjugated linoleic acid
    Publication number: 20040116513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for altering the fatty acid composition in milk or tissue fat directly derived from a milk producing ruminant The methods consist of administering to said milk producing ruminant a suitable amount of a chemical compound selected from the vitamin E family, or a structurally or functionally related compound or derivative thereof. At high doses, vitamin E influences ruminal biohydrogenation and allows the production of milk or tissue fat with a highly desirable fatty acid profile: high trans-11 C18:1, high cis-9, trans-11 C18:02 (CLA), low trans-10 C18:1. Methods are disclosed to obtain said desirable fatty acid profile, thereby improving the nutritional benefits to human health associated with CLA. Milk and tissue fat obtained by said methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Yvan Larondelle, Michel Focant, Eric Mignolet, Juha Mikko Griinari