Patents by Inventor Irma Silva Zolezzi

Irma Silva Zolezzi 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).

  • PREBIOTICS FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF OBESITY LATER IN LIFE
    Publication number: 20170273997
    Abstract: The invention proposes a nutritional composition comprising selected oligosaccharides that reduces the abundance of Streptococcus bacteria in the gut of infants or young mammals. The infants are preferably infants in needs presenting a relatively high count of Streptococcus. Ultimately the reduction of streptococcus and the related microbiota balance affects and lowers the risk of adiposity or obesity later in life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Olga Sakwinska, Bernard Berger, Irma Silva Zolezzi, Joanna Holbrook
  • MATERNAL VITAMIN B2 ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF INCREASED ADIPOSITY, OVERWEIGHT OR OBESITY IN THE OFFSPRING
    Publication number: 20170087161
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the early prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in infants or children. For example, the present invention relates to the prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in infants or children through appropriate maternal nutrition for women desiring to get pregnant and/or during pregnancy and/or lactation. Embodiments of the present invention relate to the Vitamin B2 for use in the prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in the offspring, wherein the vitamin B2 is administered to women desiring to get pregnant and/or to the mother during pregnancy and/or lactation and to maternal food compositions that can be used for this purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Cyrus Cooper, Peter David Gluckman, Keith Malcolm Godfrey, Catherine Mace, Irma Silva Zolezzi
  • MATERNAL VITAMIN B12 ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF INCREASED ADIPOSITY, OVERWEIGHT OR OBESITY IN THE OFFSPRING ESPECIALLY OFFSPRING OVERWEIGHT AND/OR OBESE MOTHERS
    Publication number: 20160317565
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the early prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in infants or children. For example, the present invention relates to the prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in infants or children through appropriate nutrition for women desiring to get pregnant and/or during pregnancy and/or lactation. Embodiments of the present invention relate to vitamin B12 for use in the prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in the offspring, wherein the vitamin B12 is administered to an overweight and/or obese women desiring to get pregnant and/or to the overweight and/or obese mother during pregnancy and/or lactation and to maternal food compositions that can be used for this purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Cyrus Cooper, Peter David Gluckman, Keith Malcolm Godfrey, Catherine Mace, Irma Silva Zolezzi