Patents by Inventor John Hugh Pierce

John Hugh Pierce 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).

  • Blends of ursolic acid/oleanolic acid
    Patent number: 7001621
    Abstract: Blends comprising a glyceride and ursolic acid and oleanolic acid in weight ratios of 1:99 to 99:1 that contain less than 20 wt % of natural apolar components and/or low molecular weight components, normally present in natural extract for ursolic acid and oleanolic acid do not display the negative off taste of the natural extracts anymore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V..
    Inventors: Christiaan Beindorff, Frederick William Cain, John Hugh Pierce, Ulrike Schmid, Erik Schweitzer, Jeroen Nicolaas M. van Straalen
  • Fat blends with crystal modifiers
    Patent number: 6500479
    Abstract: Blends containing a vegetable fat or a blend of vegetable fats and at least 0.1 wt % of a composition comprising ursolic acid and oleanolic acid in a weight ratio of 1:00 to 99:1 display a number of benefits such as high crystallization rates. This modification of the crystallization rate can be used to achieve a number of beneficial effects in the final fat blend or in the final food product containing the blend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings BV
    Inventors: Krish Bhaggan, Frederick William Cain, John Hugh Pierce, Julia Sarah Rogers, Ulrike Schmid
  • Blends of ursolic acid/oleanolic acid
    Publication number: 20020037882
    Abstract: Blends comprising a glyceride and ursolic acid and oleanolic acid in weight ratios of 1:99 to 99:1 that contain less than 20 wt % of natural apolar components and/or low molecular weight components, normally present in natural extract for ursolic acid and oleanolic acid do not display the negative off taste of the natural extracts anymore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Christiaan Beindorff, Frederick William Cain, John Hugh Pierce, Ulrike Schmid, Erik Schweitzer, Jeroen Nicolaas M. Van Straalen
  • Fat blends with crystal modifiers
    Publication number: 20010038878
    Abstract: Blends containing a vegetable fat or a blend of vegetable fats and a t least 0.1 wt % of a composition comprising ursolic acid and oleanolic acid in a weight ratio of 1:99 to 99:1 display a number of benefits such as high crystallisation rates. This modification of the crystallisation rate can be used to achieve a number of beneficial effects in the final fat blend or in the final food product containing the blend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Krish Bhaggan, Frederick William Cain, John Hugh Pierce, Julia Sarah Rogers, Ulrike Schmid