Patents by Inventor Henricus E. van der Loo

Henricus E. van der Loo 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).

  • Flavor potentiated oral compositions containing thaumatin or monellin
    Patent number: 4412984
    Abstract: A flavored oral composition contains thaumatin or monellin at a flavor potentiating level, which level is below the sweetness threshold of thaumatin or monellin respectively in the composition; a flavoring composition comprises a solution or dispersion of a flavoring agent in a carrier therefor, and also contains thaumatin or monellin at a flavor potentiating level, which level is below the level required to provide sweetness in a substrate when the flavoring composition is added thereto in a flavoring amount; a method of potentiating and extending the flavor of an oral composition comprises adding thereto thaumatin or monellin at a flavor-potentiating level below the sweetness threshold of thaumatin or monellin respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Assignee: Talres Development (N.A.) N.V.
    Inventors: Henricus E. van der Loo, Charles Wiener
  • Smoking articles containing thaumatin or monellin
    Patent number: 4300576
    Abstract: A tobacco-containing smoking article contains the sweet protein thaumatin and/or the sweet protein monellin at a location in the interior, whereby smoke passed to the mouth contacts the thaumatin and/or monellin. The protein is preferably out of contact with the mouth of the smoker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: Talres Development (N.A.) N.V.
    Inventors: Henricus E. van der Loo, Charles Wiener, John D. Higginbotham