Patents by Inventor Li Li Zyzak

Li Li Zyzak 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).

  • Flavored product additive and method for using same
    Patent number: 5948460
    Abstract: One or more compounds selected from among oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, and polygodial added to a flavored product to reduce an aftertaste in the product and enhance its sweetness. This flavored product additive is added to diet beverages and flavored products at an amount effective to reduce the aftertaste of the artificial sweetener and improve the sweet flavor. This amount is from 0.1 ppm to 1000 ppm with respect to the artificial sweetener. The present invention also includes a diet drink which contains polygodial, oleanolic acid, or ursolic acid at 0.001 ppb to 10 ppm with respect to the artificial sweetener, for improving or reducing an aftertaste from the artificial sweetener and also to improve the sweetness of the flavor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignees: Takasago International Corporation, Takasago Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Raphael K. L. Kang, Li Li Zyzak, Tetsuo Nakatsu
  • Food fortification
    Patent number: 5855936
    Abstract: A fortified foodstuff comprising a fortifying amount of a blend of calcium salts balanced with soluble and insoluble salts stabilized with a source of glucuronic acid and a process for its preparation by forming a preparation of the blend of calcium salts, contacting this preparation with a source of glucuronic acid, and adding it to the foodstuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Sekhar Reddy, Elaine Regina Wedral, Dharam Vir Vadehra, Li Li Zyzak