Patents by Inventor Laura Harkness

Laura Harkness 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).

  • Patent number: 10188135
    Abstract: A method for inducing satiety in a human subject is disclosed, the method providing a satiety-inducing effect by the administration of, or provision of, a food product comprising less than about 15 grams of total protein, and between about 1.0 to about 3.5 grams of total leucine. The leucine is provided by the total protein and a leucine peptide composition comprising bound leucine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: Stokley-Van Camp, Inc., Glanbia Nutritionals (Ireland) Ltd.
    Inventors: Douglas Bolster, Laura Harkness, Brent L. Petersen, Maike Rahn
  • Publication number: 20170119022
    Abstract: A method for inducing satiety in a human subject is disclosed, the method providing a satiety-inducing effect by the administration of, or provision of, a food product comprising less than about 15 grams of total protein, and between about 1.0 to about 3.5 grams of total leucine. The leucine is provided by the total protein and a leucine peptide composition comprising bound leucine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Douglas BOLSTER, Laura HARKNESS, Brent L. PETERSEN, Maike RAHN
  • Publication number: 20140234476
    Abstract: Co-products from juice extraction, in particular for use in beverage and food products to enhance the metabolic and gut health benefits, including an enhanced feeling of satiety, a reduction of postprandial glucose response, reduction of postprandial insulin response, an increased fermentability by colonic microlfora, an increase short-chain fatty acid production in the colon provided to the consumer are provided. The co-product has a number average particle size of between 1 and 2000 microns, a total polyphenol content of at least 2500 parts per million, a moisture content of between 70% and 85% by weight, and a combined peel and seed content between 0.01% and 20% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Nicolas Bordenave, Laura Harkness, Bryan William Hitchcock, MongJan Hsieh, Rachel Lisa Jordan, Jeffrey David Mathews, Teodoro Rivera, Caroline Saunders, Jin-E Shin, William B. Small, II, Alissa Wilson