Patents by Inventor Geert Willem Meijer

Geert Willem Meijer 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).

  • Composition for lowering blood cholesterol
    Patent number: 6787151
    Abstract: Ingestable products for lowering blood total cholesterol, including isoflavone, vegetable protein such as soy protein and phytosterol. The combination of phytosterol with soy protein (which includes isoflavone) is superior to the individual components alone in improving plasma lipid profiles. Preferably the products are food products. The invention is also a method for lowering plasma cholesterol in animals, preferably humans, by feeding compositions having plasma cholesterol-lowering, synergistically effective amounts of isoflavone, soy protein and phytosterol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Geert Willem Meijer, William Conrad Franke, Podutoori Ravinder Reddy
  • Composition for lowering blood cholesterol
    Publication number: 20030108591
    Abstract: Ingestable products for lowering blood total cholesterol, including isoflavone, vegetable protein such as soy protein and phytosterol. The combination of phytosterol with soy protein (which includes isoflavone) is superior to the individual components alone in improving plasma lipid profiles. Preferably the products are food products. The invention is also a method for lowering plasma cholesterol in animals, preferably humans, by feeding compositions having plasma cholesterol-lowering, synergistically effective amounts of isoflavone, soy protein and phytosterol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco
    Inventors: Geert Willem Meijer, William Conrad Franke, Podutoori Ravinder Reddy