Patents by Inventor Krassimir Petkov Velikov

Krassimir Petkov Velikov 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: 20180002638
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of cleaning compositions. In particular it relates to liquid, gelled or pasty cleaning compositions comprising one or more detergent surfactants. The invention provides cleaning compositions comprising water, one or more detergent surfactants and defibrillated primary cell wall material comprising microfibrils. The invention also relates to a method for preparing a cleaning composition comprising water, one or more detergent surfactants and defibrillated primary cell wall material comprising microfibrils, wherein the method includes a high shear treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Leonardus Marcus FLENDRIG, Gerrit Jan Willem GOUDAPPEL, Anke KUIJK, Stephanie LAM, Sandra Joyce VEEN, Orlin Dimitrov VELEV, Krassimir Petkov VELIKOV, Jan Adrianus VERHEIJ
  • Publication number: 20170360063
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of frozen compositions. In particular, the invention relates to frozen compositions of the water ice type. The invention provides frozen confections comprising water, a freezing point depressant and defibrillated primary cell wall material comprising microfibrils. The invention also relates to a method for preparing a frozen confection comprising water, a freezing point depressant and defibrillated primary cell wall material comprising microfibrils, wherein the method includes a high shear treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Robert Stanley FARR, Gerrit Jan Willem GOUDAPPEL, Henk HUSKEN, Daniel Anthony JARVIS, Anke KUIJK, Sandra Joyce VEEN, Krassimir Petkov VELIKOV, Pieter Broer van der WEG
  • Publication number: 20170112177
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ready-to-drink proteinaceous beverage having a pH of 3-7.5 and a G? from 0.01 Pa to 10 kPa at 20° C., said beverage comprising: •0.1-10 wt. % of vegetable protein; •0.01-2.0 wt. of amorphous cellulose microfibrils originating from defibrillated primary cell wall material, said amorphous cellulose microfibrils having a length of at least 0.5 ?m, a thickness of less than 50 nm, and having an average degree of crystallinity of less than 50%; •0-20 wt. % fat; and •at least 78 wt. % of water, wherein the beverages contains no dairy protein. This proteinaceous beverage combines excellent mouthfeel characteristics with high stability and desirable rheological properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Marc LEMMERS, Krassimir Petkov VELIKOV, Nicolaas Jan ZUIDAM
  • Publication number: 20150335040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ready-to-drink tea beverage comprising water, tea solids, protein and primary cell wall material. The primary cell wall material is derived from plant parenchymal tissue and has been treated to contain at least partially disentangled cellulose microfibrils. The invention further relates to a method for preparing said ready-to-drink tea beverage comprising the steps of —mixing at least part of the water and primary cell wall material; and —subjecting this mixture to mechanical energy and/or cavitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Remco Joannes KOPPERT, Krassimir Petkov VELIKOV
  • Patent number: 8541043
    Abstract: Edible emulsion comprising 5 to 85 wt % fat and between 0.003 wt % and 0.7 wt % of iron and between 0.002 wt % and 0.3 wt % of zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Gijsbert Michiel Peter van Kempen, Krassimir Petkov Velikov, Robert Marinus Verseput
  • Publication number: 20130122179
    Abstract: The invention relates to an edible fat continuous spread being a water in oil emulsion comprising a water phase and a fat phase, wherein the fat phase comprises liquid oil and a structuring fat, said spread comprising a first emulsifier and a second emulsifier, to 85 wt % fat and 0.1 to 20 wt % plant sterol particles wherein the first emulsifier is a water soluble biopolymer based emulsifier with a molecular weight of at least 500, the second emulsifier is an oil soluble emulsifier and at least 70 vol % of the plant sterol particles is smaller than 10 micrometer. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of such a spread, said process comprising the preparation of an aqueous dispersion comprising plant sterol particles and at least part of the water soluble emulsifier; and the addition of said dispersion to a fat phase or a water in oil emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Beltman, Henk Husken, Renate Gemma Jacobine Maria Jacobs, Irene Erica Smit-Kingma, Krassimir Petkov Velikov
  • Publication number: 20110318474
    Abstract: A food product enriched with one or more methylxanthines is provided. The food product comprises a total amount of from 100 to 3000 milligram of methylxanthines per unit amount of the food product, and further comprises a polymeric polyphenol compound that has a molecular weight equal to or above 500 gram per mole and which is complexed with the one or more methylxanthines, wherein the weight ratio of the polymeric polyphenol compound to the one or more methylxanthines is from 10:1 to 1:10 A method for the production of such food products is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Robert Stanley Farr, Renate Antonia Ganzevles, Young Martin De Graaf, Krassimir Petkov Velikov
  • Publication number: 20090317517
    Abstract: Edible emulsion comprising 5 to 85 wt % fat and between 0.003 wt % and 0.7 wt % of iron and between 0.002 wt % and 0.3 wt % of zinc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Gijsbert Michiel Peter van Kempen, Krassimir Petkov Velikov, Robert Marinus Verseput
  • Publication number: 20090285947
    Abstract: A frozen confection product that has a relaxatory effect when consumed is provided, the product comprising a frozen composition and a chocolate composition or a chocolate analogue composition which comprises non-fat cocoa solids. The product comprises at least 0.01 wt % ?-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and at most 0.05 wt % theobromine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Andrew Hoddle, Regina Beate Gisela Nicol, Michael William Pleasants, Krassimir Petkov Velikov
  • Publication number: 20090238947
    Abstract: A food product which has been fortified in calcium content, having an calcium content of at least 5 ppm and comprising calcium-containing nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles are stabilised by means of a biopolymer and, if the biopolymer is a protein, do not contain a calcium complexing agent, provides good bioavailability and stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Leonard Marcus Flendrig, Clive Edward Marshman, Krassimir Petkov Velikov, Ingrid Winter
  • Publication number: 20090061068
    Abstract: A food product which has been fortified in iron content, having an iron content of at least 5 ppm and comprising iron-containing nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles are stabilised by means of a biopolymer provides good bioavailability and stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Clive Edward Marshman, Krassimir Petkov Velikov
  • Publication number: 20090047352
    Abstract: A fibre colourant and an ink composition are provided which comprise monodisperse particles capable of forming a colloidal crystal that diffracts light having a wavelength in a range that corresponds to the wavelength of visible light. The use of such compositions in colouring substrates is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Francis Butler, Ramin Djalali, Krassimir Petkov Velikov
  • Publication number: 20090042813
    Abstract: Oil compositions containing Hoodia plant extract dissolved in medium chain tri-acyl-glycerides. Edible emulsions comprising the inventive oil compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Sergey Michailovich Melnikov, Krassimir Petkov Velikov, Johannes Gerardus Janssen, Salomon Leendert Abrahamse, Gustaaf Servaas Duchateau
  • Publication number: 20090035440
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising polyphenol and polymer comprising amine groups, wherein at least 0.1% polyphenol by weight of the composition is present as part of a complex with the polymer, and wherein the complex is in the form of particles. Also provided are uses of polymers comprising amine groups for controlling the properties of polyphenol and a method of manufacturing a composition comprising a complex of polyphenol and polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventor: Krassimir Petkov Velikov