Patents by Inventor Kimberley Gray
Kimberley Gray 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).
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Publication number: 20210112829Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Zhonghua JIA, Xiaogen YANG, Chad Allen HANSEN, Charles Benjamin NAMAN, Christopher Todd SIMONS, Jay Patrick SLACK, Kimberley GRAY
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Patent number: 10905140Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: GIVAUDAN S.A.Inventors: Zhonghua Jia, Xiaogen Yang, Chad Allen Hansen, Charles Benjamin Naman, Christopher Todd Simons, Jay Patrick Slack, Kimberley Gray
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Publication number: 20200022387Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Zhonghua JIA, Xiaogen YANG, Chad Allen HANSEN, Charles Benjamin NAMAN, Christopher Todd SIMONS, Jay Patrick SLACK, Kimberley GRAY
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Patent number: 10463063Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: GIVAUDAN S.A.Inventors: Zhonghua Jia, Xiaogen Yang, Chad Allen Hansen, Charles Benjamin Naman, Christopher Todd Simons, Jay Patrick Slack, Kimberley Gray
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Publication number: 20190069580Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Zhonghua JIA, Xiaogen YANG, Chad Allen HANSEN, Charles Benjamin NAMAN, Christopher Todd SIMONS, Jay Patrick SLACK, Kimberley GRAY
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Patent number: 10172378Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that block off-notes in consumables and methods of blocking off-notes in consumables including off-notes provided by sweeteners such as stevioside, swingle extract, glyccerhizin, perillartine, naringin dihydrochalcone, neohesperidine dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, rubusoside, rubus extract, and rebaudioside A, and artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame K (Acesulfame potassium), sucralose and cyclamate.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Givaudan, SAInventors: Ioana Maria Ungureanu, Nicole Brune Servant, Jay Patrick Slack, Kimberley Gray, Christopher Todd Simons, Jenny Ellen Evans Pennimpede
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Publication number: 20180235259Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Zhonghua JIA, Xiaogen YANG, Chad Allen HANSEN, Charles Benjamin NAMAN, Christopher Todd SIMONS, Jay Patrick SLACK, Kimberley GRAY
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Patent number: 9844224Abstract: Disclosed are bitter alkaloid-containing consumables comprising bitter blockers for a reduced alkaloid-derived bitterness and methods of forming said consumables.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2009Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: GIVAUDAN SAInventors: Zhonghua Jia, Kimberley Gray, Rajesh Venkata Potineni
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Patent number: 9451784Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that block off-notes in consumables and methods of blocking off-notes in consumables including off-notes provided by artificial sweeteners including aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame K (Acesulfame potassium), sucralose and cyclamate; and including stevioside, swingle extract, glyccerhizin, perillartine, naringin dihydrochalcone, neohesperidine dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, rubusoside, rubus extract, and rebaudioside A.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: GIVAUDAN S.A.Inventors: Ioana Maria Ungureanu, Nicole Brune Servant, Jay Patrick Slack, Kimberley Gray, Christopher Todd Simons, Jenny Ellen Evans Pennimpede
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Publication number: 20160205978Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that block off-notes in consumables and methods of blocking off-notes in consumables including off-notes provided by sweeteners shuch as stevioside, swingle extract, glyccerhizin, perillartine, naringin dihydrochalcone, neohesperidine dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, rubusoside, rubus extract, and rebaudioside A, and artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame K (Acesulfame potassium), sucralose and cyclamate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Ioana Maria UNGUREANU, Nicole Erna Irene BRUNE, Jay Patrick SLACK, Kimberley GRAY, Christopher Todd SIMONS, Jenny Ellen EVANS PENNIMPEDE
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Publication number: 20150313265Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobatin), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Zhonghua Jia, Xiaogen Yang, Chad Allen Hansen, Charles Benjamin Naman, Christopher Todd Simons, Jay Patrick Slack, Kimberley Gray
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Publication number: 20140370177Abstract: A mixture of the individual ingredients stevioside and rebaudioside A provided in a ratio of stevioside to rebaudioside A of about 1:1 to about 4:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: Givaudan S.A.Inventors: Zhonghua Jia, Xiaogen Yang, Esther Van Ommeren, Jenifer Augelli, Adam Moyle, Kimberley Gray
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Publication number: 20140242255Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobtain), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Givaudan SAInventors: Zhonghua Jia, Xiaogen Yang, Chad Allen Hansen, Charles Benjamin Naman, Christopher Todd Simons, Jay Patrick Slack, Kimberley Gray
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Publication number: 20140194651Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that block off-notes in consumables and methods of blocking off-notes in consumables including off-notes provided by artificial sweeteners including aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame K (Acesulfame potassium), sucralose and cyclamate; and including stevioside, swingle extract, glyccerhizin, perillartine, naringin dihydrochalcone, neohesperidine dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, rubusoside, rubus extract, and rebaudioside A.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: GIVAUDAN S.A.Inventors: Ioana Maria UNGUREANU, Nicole Erna Irene BRUNE, Jay Patrick SLACK, Kimberley GRAY, Christopher Todd SIMONS, Jenny Ellen EVANS PENNIMPEDE
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Publication number: 20140005153Abstract: A method of masking an off-note in an orally-receivable or -ingestible composition, including the addition thereto of an off-note masking quantity of 1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(pyridin-4-yl)propane-1-one or a salt thereof. The effect may be further enhanced by the addition of Compound 2 and/or 2-[(3-ethyl-4,8-dimethyl-2-oxo-2H-chromen-7-yl)oxy]propanoic acid, or salts thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: GIVAUDAN S. A.Inventors: Kimberley Gray, Yili Wang, Scott Wayne Keller
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Patent number: 8597896Abstract: Sucralose-binding TAS2R bitter taste receptors have been identified. Novel methods to identify modulators and in particular inhibitors to the bitter taste of sucralose, and an inhibitor, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Givaudan S.A.Inventors: Nicole Erna Irene Brune, Jay Patrick Slack, Ioana Maria Ungureanu, Kimberley Gray, Christopher Todd Simons, Jenny Ellen Evans Pennimpede
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Patent number: 8409649Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that block off-notes in consumables and methods of blocking off-notes in consumables including off-notes provided by artificial sweeteners including aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame K (Acesulfame potassium), sucralose and cyclamate; and including stevioside, swingle extract, glyccerhizin, perillartine, naringin dihydrochalcone, neohesperidine dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, rubusoside, rubus extract, and rebaudioside A.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Givaudan S.A.Inventors: Ioana Maria Ungureanu, Nicole Erna Irene Brune, Jay Patrick Slack, Kimberley Gray, Christopher Todd Simons, Jenny Ellen Evans Pennimpede
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Publication number: 20120244271Abstract: A method of masking a bitter aftertaste experienced in the consumption of a consumable composition, including the addition to the composition of a masking quantity of choline chloride. The proportion required is considerably less than the proportion of choline chloride used as a dietary supplement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: David C. Bom, Kimberley Gray, Rajesh Venkata Potineni, Esther Van Ommeren
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Publication number: 20120196018Abstract: An orally-administrable product comprising an ingredient or ingredients that have associated with their use an unacceptable aftertaste, and a cooling compound employed as a taste-masking agent in an amount of 0.5 ppm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2010Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventors: Francisco Valentino Villagran, Kimberley Gray, Rajesh Venkata Potineni
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Patent number: 8187822Abstract: Sucralose-binding TAS2R bitter taste receptors have been identified. Novel methods to identify modulators and in particular inhibitors to the bitter taste of sucralose, and an inhibitor, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Givaudan S.A.Inventors: Nicole Erna Irene Brune, Jay Patrick Slack, Ioana Maria Ungureanu, Kimberley Gray, Christopher Todd Simons, Jenny Ellen Evans Pennimpede