Patents by Inventor Mark John Berry

Mark John Berry 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: 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: 20100186420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a frozen aerated frozen food product having an overrun of at least 30% comprising 0.001 to 10 weight-% (wt-%), based on the total weight of the frozen aerated food product, of surface-active fibres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Andrew Richard Cox, Weichang Liu, Simeon Dobrev Stoyanov, Weizheng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20100166933
    Abstract: A frozen confection or a beverage product is provided which contains at least 400 mg of theobromine and at least 40 mg of caffeine per 100 grams of the product. Also provided is a frozen confection or a beverage product for the enhancement of mood without transient elevation of blood pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Andrew Hoddle, Ellen Siobhan Mitchell, Michael William Pleasants
  • 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: 20090181137
    Abstract: The present invention provides frozen confections having an overrun of less than 30% and comprising by weight of the frozen confection: at least 0.2% calcium, at most 17% free sugars, and from 0.1 to 20% fat which contains less than 20% saturated fatty acids by weight of the fat; wherein at least 20% by weight of the calcium is present as part of a milk mineral composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Patricia Jill Quail, Joy Elizabeth Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20080081087
    Abstract: A frozen confection is provided comprising by weight: at most 17% free sugar; at most 5% total fat; at most 3.5% saturated fat; at least 0.5% protein; at least 0.3% calcium; at least 0.15% phosphorus; at least 0.015% magnesium; at least 0.0005% zinc; wherein substantially all of the calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and zinc are from a dairy source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Andrew Hoddle, Patricia Jill Quail, Joy Elizabeth Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 6887984
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an anti-freeze peptide and to the peptides obtained from bacteria from an aqueous low-temperature environment, such as Marinomonas protea and a Pseudomonas species. These anti-freeze peptides can suitably be incorporated in frozen food products such as frozen vegetables and frozen confectionery such as ice-cream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Allen Griffiths, Philip John Hill, Johanna Laybourne-Parry, Sarah Victoria Mills
  • Publication number: 20040086612
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to prepare a frozen aerated confection wherein pectin is subjected to oxidation. In a further aspect the invention relates to a base composition suitable for preparing the frozen confection and to an aerosol can comprising the base composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Willem Antheunisse, Mark John Berry, Yvonne Evelien Bruggeman, Robert Daniel Keenan, Elisabeth Comelia Bouwens
  • Publication number: 20020072108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a novel anti-freezepeptide and to the peptides obtained from bacteria from an aqueous low-temperature environment, such as Marinomonas protea and a novel Pseudomonas species. These anti-freeze peptides can suitably be incorporated in frozen food products such as frozen vegetables and frozen confectionery such as ice-cream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Allen Griffiths, Philip John Hill, Johanna Laybourne-Parry, Sarah Victoria Mills
  • Publication number: 20010044397
    Abstract: There is provided a bleaching enzyme capable of generating a bleaching chemical and having a high binding affinity for non-colored compounds present in stains on fabrics, said non-colored compounds having a molecular weight of at least 100, preferably of at least 1,000 and more preferably of at least 5,000. Furthermore, there is provided an enzymatic bleaching composition comprising said bleaching enzyme and a surfactant and a process for bleaching stains present of fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Daniel Convents, Paul James Davis, Michael John Gidley, Cornelis Paul Van Der Logt
  • Patent number: 6277806
    Abstract: There is provided a bleaching enzyme capable of generating a bleaching chemical and having a high binding affinity for non-colored compounds present in stains on fabrics, said non-colored compounds having a molecular weight of at least 100, preferably of at least 1,000 and more preferably of at least 5,000. Furthermore, there is provided an enzymatic bleaching composition comprising said bleaching enzyme and a surfactant and a process for bleaching stains present of fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Daniel Convents, Paul James Davis, Michael John Gidley, Cornelis Paul Van Der Logt
  • Patent number: 6225462
    Abstract: A polysaccharide conjugate comprises a polysaccharide with an attached entity having a molecular weight of at least 5000, the polysaccharide conjugate being capable of binding to cellulose. Preferred polysaccharides include tamarind seed xyloglucan, locust bean gum and enzyme modified guar. The attached entity is suitably a protein such as an enzyme, antibody or antibody fragment, or a particle possibly having a benefit agent such as a fragrance associated therewith. Because the polysaccharide conjugate binds to cellulose, which is present in cotton and other fabrics, paper, etc., binding of the conjugate to cellulose brings the attached entity into close proximity to a surface of or containing cellulose. The invention thus enables targeting of attached entities to such surfaces. The invention also provides a product incorporating the polysaccharide conjugate of the invention. The product is conveniently a laundry product such as a fabric washing product, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Paul James Davis, Michael John Gidley
  • Patent number: 6218350
    Abstract: There is provided a bleaching enzyme capable of generating a bleaching chemical and having a high binding affinity for stains present on fabrics. Furthermore, there is provided an enzymatic bleaching composition comprising the bleaching enzyme and a surfactant and a process for bleaching stains present of fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Stewart Beggs, Mark John Berry, Paul James Davis, Leon Gerardus J. Frenken, Cornelis Theodorus Verrips
  • Patent number: 5863765
    Abstract: Associative portions of antibody light and heavy chains, especially Fv fragments, are expressed in a transformed organism as a single peptide chain connected by a linking peptide. This is cleaved, possibly while peptide synthesis is incomplete, by an enzyme of the transformed organism which is expressing the single peptide. This ensures production of both chains in equal amounts, but produces them as separate chains which are free to associate and fold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Quest International BV
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Paul James Davis, Cornelis Paul Van Der Logt, Garry Clark Whitelam