Patents by Inventor Frederick William Cain

Frederick William Cain 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).

  • Patent number: 6692762
    Abstract: Compositions comprising glycerides containing conjugated linoleic acid moieties. These glycerides are prepared by an enzymatic conversion process which is selective to provide specific isomers, advantageously the cis9, trans11 and trans10, cis12 linoleic acid isomers or vice versa. The compositions may be blended with complementary fats and may be used in foods, food supplements and pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Stephen Raymond Moore, Gerald Patrick McNeill, Olga Cornelia Zwemmer
  • Patent number: 6673383
    Abstract: A method for improving the chalky-off taste and/or the homogeneity of a solid, active component in a food product by incorporating in the food product an effective amount, preferably 1 to 70 wt % on food product, of a structured particulate system comprising one or more active components in a matrix in a weight ratio of 1:99 to 99:1 and wherein the mean weight diameter of the particles of the structured particulate system ranges from 25 to 500 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings BV
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Gerald Patrick McNeill, Tom Tongue
  • Publication number: 20030225295
    Abstract: The invention concerns a novel process for the production of glycerol esters of polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular of C18:2 conjugated fatty acids, by converting the polyunsaturated fatty acids with glycerol in the presence of a mixed catalyst comprising a combination of a food grade salt of a strong base and a weak acid and a soap of an organic acid with 2-26 C-atoms, preferably 10-20 C-atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Youchun Yan, Ulrike Schmid, John Bernard Harris, Frederick William Cain
  • Publication number: 20030215465
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use of conjugated linoleic acid (=CLA) or derivatives thereof, such as partial glycerides or triglycerides, alkyl esters or salts for the production of a food, a food supplement or a pharmaceutical preparation with the property to prevent or to cure influenza, to boost the effects of an influenza vaccination and/or to alleviate the effects of an influenza vaccination in humans and/or animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: LC USA LLC
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Ulrike Schmid, Marianne O'Shea, Ingrid Celestina Maria Mohede
  • Publication number: 20030129294
    Abstract: The inventon concerns blends of a hydroquinone substituted poly unsaturated fatty acid (as present in Kombo nut oil) or a derivative thereof, which blends comprised:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Patent Holdings
    Inventors: Scott Sinclair Barclay, John Anthony Bosley, Frederick William Cain, Claudia Koenen, Julia Sarah Rogers, Ulrike Schmid
  • Publication number: 20030072785
    Abstract: Our invention concerns a mixture of CLA glycerides, and/or CLA-fatty acids and or CLA-alkyl esters and another component, wherein the other component (=component A) is selected for its capacity to alleviate problems related to insulin resistance in mammals, using CLA rich diets and/or foods and/or food supplements using an appropriate in vitro test so that in at least one step of the in vitro test, as described in the text, an improvement in test results is obtained of at least 4% by the blend of the CLA derivative and component A when compared to the CLA derivative only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Anna Louise Brown, Frederick William Cain, Ingrid Celestina Mohede, Preyesh Parmar, Julia Sarah Rogers, Ulrike Schmid
  • Patent number: 6534110
    Abstract: Organic materials, comprising a mixture of at least two products (I) and (II), both containing isomers of conjugated long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids moieties (L1) and (L2) can be obtained by subjecting an organic material, selected from free fatty acids, mono-, di- or triglycerides, phospholipids, alkylesters or wax-esters, containing at least 5 wt. % of these conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acids, to an enzymic conversion (acidolysis, alcoholysis, esterification, hydrolysis) using an enzyme that can be discriminated between (L1) and (L2), so that original ratio L1/L2=XA in starting material is increased to XB, wherein XB≧1.1 XA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Loders Croklaan B. V.
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Stephen Raymond Moore, Gerald Patrick McNeill, Olga Cornelia Zwemmer
  • Patent number: 6534663
    Abstract: Organic materials, comprising a mixture of at least two products (I) and (II), both containing isomers of conjugated long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid moieties L1 and L2 can be obtained by subjecting an organic material, selected from free fatty acids, mono-, di- or tri-glycerides, phospholipids, alkyl esters or wax-esters containing at least 5 weight % of these conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acids, to an enzymatic conversion using an enzyme that can discriminate between L1 and L2, so that the original weight ratio of L1/L2=XA in the starting material is increased to XB wherein XB≧than 1.1 XA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Stephen Raymond Moore, Gerald Patrick McNeill, Olga Cornelia Zwemmer
  • Publication number: 20030021877
    Abstract: The invention concerns with micronized fat continuous particles comprising fat and non fat ingredients, wherein the particles have a mean weight diameter (MWD) of 700 to 4000 microns, while the particles have a particle size distribution so that more than 75 wt % of the particles have a particle size that is inside the range (MWD+0.4×MWD) to (MWD−0.4×MWD); food products comprising a fat phase, wherein these particles are present, a process to prepare these micronized fat particles and the use of these particles in food products to achieve benefits, such as bio availability, stability, oral melt, hardness, texture, homogeneity and ease of dosing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Tony Herzing, Gerald Patrick McNeill
  • Publication number: 20030013164
    Abstract: Organic materials, comprising a mixture of at least two products (I) and (II), both containing isomers of conjugated long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids moieties (L I) and (I 2) can be obtained by subjecting an organic material, selected from free fatty acids, mono di or triglycerides, phospholipids, alkylesters or waxesters, containing at least 5 wt. % of these conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acids, to an enzymic conversion (acidolysis, alcoholysis, esterification, hydrolysis) using an enzyme that can be discriminated between (L 1) and (L 2), so that original ratio L 1/L 2≠X A in starting material is increased to X B, whrein X B≧1.1 X A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Stephen Raymond Moore, Gerald Patrick Mcneill, Olga Cornelia Zwemmer
  • Patent number: 6500479
    Abstract: Blends containing a vegetable fat or a blend of vegetable fats and at least 0.1 wt % of a composition comprising ursolic acid and oleanolic acid in a weight ratio of 1:00 to 99:1 display a number of benefits such as high crystallization rates. This modification of the crystallization rate can be used to achieve a number of beneficial effects in the final fat blend or in the final food product containing the blend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings BV
    Inventors: Krish Bhaggan, Frederick William Cain, John Hugh Pierce, Julia Sarah Rogers, Ulrike Schmid
  • Publication number: 20020192353
    Abstract: Structured particulate systems of active solid organic components in a matrix in a weight ratio of 99:1 to 1:99 and a mean weight diameter of 25 to 500 microns wherein the active organic component is selected from the group consisting of oleanoic acid, ursolic acid, folic acid, policosanol, phytosterols, or derivatives or salts thereof are novel and can be used to improve the oral properties and/or the homogeneity of the organic, solid, active component in a food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Gerald Patrick McNeill, Thomas M. Tongue
  • Publication number: 20020176923
    Abstract: The invention concerns with an edible anhydrous fat-based fat system which comprises
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Gerald Patrick McNeill, Thomas M. Tongue
  • Publication number: 20020172746
    Abstract: Our novel invention concerns with a method for improving the oral properties and/or the homogeneity of a solid, active component in a food product by incorporating in the food product an effective amount, preferably 1 to 70 wt % on food product of a structured particulate system comprising one or more active component(s) in a matrix in a weight ratio of 1:99 to 99:1 and wherein the mean weight diameter of the particles of the structured particulate system ranges from 25 to 500 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Gerald Patrick McNeill, Thomas M. Tongue
  • Patent number: 6479070
    Abstract: Pinolenic acid can be used in the form of a food supplement, a pharmacentical composition or as part of a food composition as anti-inflammatory agent. The pinolenic acid used herefore suitably is applied as a natural product, or as a concentrate with more than 28 wt % pinolenic acid. The concentrates can be made by a process, wherein an enzymic hydrolysis on a glyceride material is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Preyesh Parmar, Jonathan Richard Powell, Julia Sarah Rogers
  • Patent number: 6461654
    Abstract: Blends of a natural wax, such as sunflower wax and glyceride materials, substantially being triglycerides and having an N20>20 display excellent properties when applied in barrier layers for compound food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings BV
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Willem Dekker, Geoffrey Talbot, Kevin Warren Smith
  • Patent number: 6461662
    Abstract: Blends of glycerides and/or fatty acids comprising 20 to 65 wt % C16:1 fatty acid, balance other fatty acids with 12 to 24 C-atoms and having a C16:1 to C16:0 fatty acid ratio of more than 2.0 and an C16:1 to C18:1 fatty acid ratio of more than 1.2 perform well in food applications. These blends of glycerides can be made by a process involving a partial enzymic hydrolysis of materials derived from fish oil using an enzyme with specificity for C16:1, removal of the fatty acids and a fractionation of the acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings BV
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Sietze Bouwer, Michel Henricus Wilhelmus van den Hoek, Andreas Menzel
  • Publication number: 20020081366
    Abstract: Triglycerides, that have at least two long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids L1 and L2, from which at least one is present for more than 20 wt %, while the weight ratio L1:L2 is at least 2 and which triglycerides also contain at least 2 wt % of saturated fatty acids with 2-12 and/or 20-24 C-atoms, but not more than 10 wt % of saturated fatty acids with 16-18 C-atoms, while at least 5 wt % of the saturated C2-C12 or C20- C24 fatty acid residues is bonded on a triglyceride molecule, wherein at least L1 and/or L2 is present, display a number of advantageous properties (e.g. higher oxidative stability, healthier, lower caloric, structuring properties, digestibility).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Gerald Patrick McNeill, Stephen Raymond Moore
  • Patent number: 6410078
    Abstract: Triglycerides, that have at least two long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids L1 and L2, from which at least one is present for more than 20 wt %, while the weight ratio L1:L2 is at least 2 and which triglycerides also contain at least 2 wt % of saturated fatty acids with 2-12 and/or 20-24 C-atoms, but not more than 10 wt % of saturated fatty acids with 16-18 C-atoms, while at least 5 wt % of the saturated C2-C12 or C20-C24 fatty acid residues is bonded on a triglyceride molecule, wherein at least L1 and/or L2 is present, display a number of advantageous properties (e.g. higher oxidative stability, healthier, lower caloric, structuring properties, digestibility).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Loders-Croklaan B.V.
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Gerald Patrick McNeill, Stephen Raymond Moore
  • Patent number: 6406737
    Abstract: Edible fat based flakes containing a flavoring system and displaying an excellent oral and textural properties are disclosed that contain i) 0 to 2% moisture ii) 25 to 90 wt % of a fat containing: a vegetable fat with an N20 of more than 50 and 5 to 40 wt % of a fish oil composition, containing w-3 fatty acids so that the w-3 content of the total flavored fat system ranges from 0.1 to 20 wt % iii) 0 to 15% of a flavoring system iv) 0 to 40% of sugar v) 0 to 60 wt % of a filler vi) 0 to 50% of a health component and which flakes have a size of 0.05 mm to 2.5 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Gerald Patrick McNeill, Andreas Menzel