Patents by Inventor Igor Bodnar

Igor Bodnar 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: 20260144275
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to extruded food products that contain one or more aroma compounds. In some embodiments, the extruded food products are products that contain non-animal proteins, such as vegan analogues of meat products, dairy products, and seafood products. In some embodiments, the one or more aroma compounds are not distributed uniformly throughout the product but, instead, have a higher concentration at or near the external surfaces of the extruded food product. In certain related aspects, the disclosure provides methods of making such extruded food products. In some embodiments, the methods comprise introducing one or more aroma compounds following extrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Igor BODNAR, Narendra SISODIA, Mirela PASCU, Howard MUNT
  • Publication number: 20250204570
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to non-animal proteins and their use in various comestible products, such as food products, beverage products, and nutritional products, including meat and dairy analogue products. In some embodiments, the non-animal proteins include fava bean protein, mung bean protein, lentil protein, or combinations thereof. In some embodiments, the non-animal proteins are combined with other non-animal proteins, such as soy protein or pea protein, to compliment the amino acid profile of the resulting blend. In some embodiments. The non-animal proteins are combined with certain fibers, which allows the blend to be suitable for addition to an ingestible composition useful for making meat or dairy analogue products. In some embodiments, flavorings or flavor-modifiers are combined with the non-animal proteins as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Narendra Pratap Singh SISODIA, Ceren CADUN, Anubha GARG DINIS, Igor BODNAR
  • Publication number: 20240108918
    Abstract: The computer-implemented method (100) to provide alternative flavor compositions, comprises: a step (105) of inputting, upon a computer interface, at least one flavor ingredient digital identifier, the resulting input corresponding to a composition of flavor ingredients, each ingredient digital identifier being associated with at least one equivalent constitutive molecule, each equivalent constitutive molecule being associated with at least one property, a step (110) of transposing, by a computing system, the input composition into a list of at least one equivalent constitutive molecule as a function of at least one input ingredient digital identifier, a step (115) of defining, upon a computer interface, at least one reformulation rule to be applied to the at least one transposed equivalent constitutive molecule and/or to at least one alternative flavor ingredient obtained during a step of determining, the step (120) of determining, by a computing system, a selection of at least one alternative flavor ingr
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Igor BODNAR, Eugénie CHANEL, Alan PARKER
  • Publication number: 20230105389
    Abstract: Described herein is a flavored delivery system including different particles. Also described herein are consumer products including said flavored delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: James GORDON, Iain BECK, Craig SAVAGE, Igor BODNAR, Rutger VAN SLEEUWEN, Luc ARMANET
  • Publication number: 20230000122
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to various formulations and uses of the compound: 3-(1-((3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)methyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1-(3-hydroxybenzyl)-imidazolidine-2,4-dione, which is also referred to herein a “TM1” and comestibly acceptable salts thereof. In some aspects, the disclosure provides compositions that include TM1, or a comestibly acceptable salt thereof. In some embodiments, the compositions are ingestible compositions, including, but not limited to, packaged food and beverage products. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides methods of reducing the caloric content of a flavored article, for example, by reducing the amount of caloric sweeteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Firmenich Incorporated
    Inventors: Igor BODNAR, Dattatreya BANAVARA, Imad FARHAT, Andrew PATRON, Joseph FOTSING, Tanya DITSCHUN
  • Patent number: 6716473
    Abstract: An edible water-in-oil microemulsion that is transparent or translucent in appearance and comprises oil, a surfactant, a cosurfactant or cosolvent and a water phase comprising water and optional water-soluble components; the oil comprises from 25 to 97 wt % diglycerides relative to the total weight of glycerides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods North America, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Bodnar, Eckhard Fl{overscore (o)}ter, Wim Hogervorst, Cornelis Willem Van Oosten
  • Publication number: 20020098275
    Abstract: An edible water-in-oil microemulsion that is transparent or translucent in appearance and comprises oil, a surfactant, a cosurfactant or cosolvent and a water phase comprising water and optional water-soluble components; the oil comprises from 25 to 97 wt % diglycerides relative to the total weight of glycerides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Bodnar, Eckhard Floter, Wim Hogervorst, Cornelis Willem Van Oosten