Patents by Inventor Jan Looft

Jan Looft 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: 20200054057
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an unsaturated linear C16-24-monocarboxylic acid having at least one triple bond, or an ester or salt thereof, as a flavor, in particular for conferring kokumi flavor to foodstuffs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Jan Looft, Thomas Flofmann, Verena Mittermeier, Andreas Dunkel
  • Patent number: 9670133
    Abstract: Specific compositions comprising one or multiple (cannabinoid) compound(s) of formula (A) and/or one or multiple salt(s) thereof are described as well as methods for their manufacture. A compound of formula (A), a salt of formula (A) and a respective composition for use as medicine and for use in a method for the therapeutic treatment of the human or animal body, respectively, are also described. Furthermore, corresponding pharmaceutical formulations, cosmetic preparations and foodstuff and/or gourmet or snack preparations fit for consumption as well as a method for the manufacture of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SYMRISE AG
    Inventors: Oskar Koch, Marcus Rudolf Götz, Jan Looft, Tobias Vössing
  • Publication number: 20150336874
    Abstract: Specific compositions comprising one or multiple (cannabinoid) compound(s) of formula (A) and/or one or multiple salt(s) thereof are described as well as methods for their manufacture. A compound of formula (A), a salt of formula (A) and a respective composition for use as medicine and for use in a method for the therapeutic treatment of the human or animal body, respectively, are also described. Furthermore, corresponding pharmaceutical formulations, cosmetic preparations and foodstuff and/or gourmet or snack preparations fit for consumption as well as a method for the manufacture of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Oskar Koch, Marcus Rudolf Götz, Jan Looft, Tobias Vössing
  • Publication number: 20150230491
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flavouring composition for infusion beverages (in particular, teas), to tea bags comprising the composition and to a process for preparing the composition. The composition of the present invention is in the form of particles and comprises a flavour, a water-soluble material as a matrix containing the flavour incorporated therein, and water-insoluble carrier particles neutral with regard to flavour and taste, which are coated with the water-soluble, flavour containing matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Takasago International Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Looft, James Christopher Weiss, Rudolf Petry, Florinda Kubo
  • Patent number: 8648028
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a capsule having a core and a shell surrounding the core. The shell comprises a polymeric material produced by reacting a component (A) with a component (B). Component (A) comprises a polysiloxane bearing one or more amino groups and component (B) comprises one or more polyisocyanates. The disclosure also relates to processes for producing the capsules, methods of using the capsules, and to products containing the capsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Symrise AG
    Inventor: Jan Looft
  • Patent number: 8487133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of the Formula (I) wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 denote in each case independently of one another hydrogen, an alkyl radical with 1 to 6 C atoms, or an alkenyl radical with 2 to 6 C atoms, with the proviso that at least one of the radicals R1, R2, R7 and R8 and at least one further of the radicals R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are not hydrogen, wherein independently of one another also two of the radicals R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 can together denote a bridge with one or more bridge C atoms; Y1 and Y2 denote independently of one another hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; and Ra and Rb denote independently of one another hydrogen, an alkyl radical with 1 to 6 C atoms, an alkenyl radical with 2 to 6 C atoms or a cycloalkyl radical with 3 to 6 C atoms as a food flavor substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Symrise AG
    Inventors: Jan Looft, Tobias Vössing, Michael Backes
  • Patent number: 8344025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to specific oxalic acid derivatives and to corresponding mixtures and to uses thereof as physiological cooling active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Symrise AG
    Inventors: Horst Surburg, Jan Looft, Heiko Oertling, Tobias Vössing
  • Patent number: 8273398
    Abstract: The present invention concerns geranylamine derivates of oxalic acid, use of the same as flavorings and certain mixtures, compositions, preparations and semi-finished goods containing one or more such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Symrise AG
    Inventors: Michael Backes, Jan Looft
  • Patent number: 8122522
    Abstract: The invention relates to metering dispensers for release of a product into a WC bowl of a toilet, comprising a fixing region which is constructed in order to fix the metering dispenser in the region of the toilet, in particular under a WC lid, and a storage container for accommodating the product. Such metering dispensers have the problem that the product can be metered only inaccurately and not very variably. This problem is solved according to the invention in that the storage container is constructed for accommodation of pre-portioned products and a delivery device which is constructed in order to deliver at least one pre-portioned product from the storage container into the WC bowl is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Symrise AG
    Inventor: Jan Looft
  • Patent number: 8034761
    Abstract: The use of a mixture which comprises cis- and trans-3-methyl-?-decalactone in a molar ratio in the range of 2:3 to 3:2, as a jasmone fragrance is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Symrise AG
    Inventors: Sabine Widder, Christopher Sabater, Jan Looft, Tobias Vössing, Marcus Eggers, Thomas Obrocki, Johannes Panten
  • Publication number: 20110118161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a capsule, comprising or consisting of a core and a shell surrounding the core, wherein the shell comprises a polymeric material or consists thereof, which polymeric material can be produced by reacting a component (A) with a component (B), wherein component (A) consists of polysiloxanes bearing one or more amino groups and component (B) consists of one or more polyisocyanates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: SYMRISE AG
    Inventor: Jan Looft
  • Patent number: 7919133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I) or a mixture of compounds of formula (I) wherein: R1, R2, and R3 are independently H or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 C-atom, wherein at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is not H; R4 is H, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 C-atom, or an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 C-atom; R5, R6, R7, and R8 are independently H or methyl; and R9 is H, an alkyl group having 5 to 12 C-atoms, or an alkenyl group having 5 to 12 C-atoms; as a flavoring substance or mixture of flavoring substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: SYMRISE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan Looft, Tobias Vössing, Jakob Ley, Michael Backes, Maria Blings
  • Publication number: 20100189863
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of the Formula (I) wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 denote in each case independently of one another hydrogen, an alkyl radical with 1 to 6 C atoms, or an alkenyl radical with 2 to 6 C atoms, with the proviso that at least one of the radicals R1, R2, R7 and R8 and at least one further of the radicals R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are not hydrogen, wherein independently of one another also two of the radicals R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 can together denote a bridge with one or more bridge C atoms; Y1 and Y2 denote independently of one another hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; and Ra and Rb denote independently of one another hydrogen, an alkyl radical with 1 to 6 C atoms, an alkenyl radical with 2 to 6 C atoms or a cycloalkyl radical with 3 to 6 C atoms as a food flavor substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: SYMRISE GmbH & Co.KG
    Inventors: Jan Looft, Tobias Vössing, Michael Backes
  • Patent number: 7754675
    Abstract: Optionally isolated and/or purified enatiomers of 2-heptylcyclopropyl-1-carboxylic acid and mixtures of two, three or all enantiomers of 2-heptylcyclopropyl-1-carboxylic acid are disclosed as perfumes and/or flavourings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Symrise GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sabine Widder, Jan Looft, Armin Van Der Kolk, Tobias Vössing, Wilhelm Pickenhagen, Birgit Kohlenberg
  • Publication number: 20100080880
    Abstract: The present invention concerns geranylamine derivates of oxalic acid, use of the same as flavorings and certain mixtures, compositions, preparations and semi-finished goods containing one or more such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SYMRISE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Backes, Jan Looft
  • Publication number: 20090054520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to specific oxalic acid derivatives and to corresponding mixtures and to uses thereof as physiological cooling active ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: SYMRISE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Surburg, Jan Looft, Heiko Oertling, Tobias Vossing
  • Publication number: 20090001213
    Abstract: The invention relates to a paper roll support for use as a room air freshener, in particular for toilet paper rolls, with an internal space and a longitudinal axis (14) extending horizontally in the operating state. It is proposed according to the invention that a movable membrane element (54) extending along the longitudinal axis of the paper roll support (10) be arranged in the internal space (50), said membrane element subdividing the internal space into two chambers (72, 74), wherein the membrane element (54) is arranged in such a way that it moves about the longitudinal axis of the paper roll support (10) in the operating state on rotation of the latter in such a way that the volumes of the chambers defined by the membrane element (54) vary inversely, and wherein the chambers (72, 74) optionally have closable connection openings (82) for air exchange with the surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SYMRISE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Jan Looft
  • Publication number: 20080292763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I) or a mixture of compounds of formula (I) wherein: R1, R2, and R3 are independently H or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 C-atom, wherein at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is not H; R4 is H, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 C-atom, or an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 C-atom; R5, R6, R7, and R8 are independently H or methyl; and R9 is H, an alkyl group having 5 to 12 C-atoms, or an alkenyl group having 5 to 12 C-atoms; as a flavoring substance or mixture of flavoring substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: SYMRISE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan Looft, Tobias Vossing, Jakob Ley, Michael Backes, Maria Blings
  • Publication number: 20080244813
    Abstract: The invention relates to metering dispensers for release of a product into a WC bowl of a toilet, comprising a fixing region which is constructed in order to fix the metering dispenser in the region of the toilet, in particular under a WC lid, and a storage container for accommodating the product. Such metering dispensers have the problem that the product can be metered only inaccurately and not very variably. This problem is solved according to the invention in that the storage container is constructed for accommodation of pre-portioned products and a delivery device which is constructed in order to deliver at least one pre-portioned product from the storage container into the WC bowl is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: SYMRISE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Jan Looft
  • Publication number: 20080220140
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a propenylphenyl glycoside of formula (I) wherein R is (1E)-prop-1-enyl, (1Z)-prop-1-enyl or prop-2-enyl; and Glc is an ?- or ?-glycosidically bonded mono- or oligo-saccharide, for enhancing the sweet taste of a sweet-tasting substance or the sweet odour impression of a flavouring that produces a sweet odour impression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: SYMRISE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jakob Ley, Jan Looft, Susanne Paetz