Patents by Inventor Matthew David Steven

Matthew David Steven 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: 9309044
    Abstract: The invention proposes a capsule (9) for use in a beverage production device. The capsule (9) contains one or several ingredients (12) for producing a beverage or liquid comestible when a liquid (3) is fed into the capsule (9). The capsule is provided with an integrated antimicrobial filter (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Yann Epars, Matthew David Steven, Anne Roulin
  • Patent number: 9227777
    Abstract: The invention proposes a capsule (9) for use in a beverage production device, the capsule containing ingredients for producing a nutritional liquid when a liquid is fed into the capsule (9) at an inlet face (8) thereof, the capsule (9) furthermore containing heat sensitive bioactive ingredients such as probiotic microorganisms (21) which are physically separated from the other nutritional ingredients in the capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Matthew David Steven, Conchita Tran, Frederic Doleac, Heinz Wyss
  • Patent number: 8857317
    Abstract: Nutritional delivery system using single-serve capsules comprising: a dispenser for a nutritional composition comprising means for providing water into a single-use capsule containing a portion-controlled serving of a nutritional formula; different types of capsules (10,11,12,13,14,15,16) being designed according to a nutritional feeding plan corresponding to persons or categories of persons to be fed, each type comprising capsules containing a nutritional formula; the capsules of different types having at least one differentiating characteristic so that each type of capsules corresponds to a feeding time period determined by the feeding plan; control operation means associated to each type of capsules, said means comprising information relating to at least one differentiating operational parameter relevant to produce and deliver a differentiated nutritional liquid in the dispenser according to the feeding plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Roland Manser, Anne Roulin, Matthew David Steven, Heinz Wyss, Yann Epars, Conchita Tran
  • Publication number: 20110262601
    Abstract: Nutritional delivery system using single-serve capsules comprising: a dispenser for a nutritional composition comprising means for providing water into a single-use capsule containing a portion-controlled serving of a nutritional formula; different types of capsules (10,11,12,13,14,15,16) being designed according to a nutritional feeding plan corresponding to persons or categories of persons to be fed, each type comprising capsules containing a nutritional formula; the capsules of different types having at least one differentiating characteristic so that each type of capsules corresponds to a feeding time period determined by the feeding plan; control operation means associated to each type of capsules, said means comprising information relating to at least one differentiating operational parameter relevant to produce and deliver a differentiated nutritional liquid in the dispenser according to the feeding plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Roland Manser, Anne Roulin, Matthew David Steven, Heinz Wyss, Yann Epars, Conchita Tran
  • Publication number: 20110195144
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a protein source comprising whey and casein proteins for providing an age-tailored nutrition system to an infant which system comprises two infant formulas each appropriate to an infant of a different age and each comprising the protein source wherein the whey:casein ratio of each formula is chosen in the range from 100:0 to 40:60 and decreases according to the age of the infant and the protein content of each formula is chosen in the range from 1.5 to 3.0 g protein/100 kcal and decreases according to the age of the infant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Ferdinand Haschke, Petra Klassen, Corinne Magliola, Matthew David Steven
  • Publication number: 20110020497
    Abstract: The invention proposes a capsule (9) for use in a beverage production device, the capsule containing ingredients for producing a nutritional liquid when a liquid is fed into the capsule (9) at an inlet face (8) thereof, the capsule (9) furthermore containing heat sensitive bioactive ingredients such as probiotic microorganisms (21) which are physically separated from the other nutritional ingredients in the capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Matthew David Steven, Conchita Tran, Frederic Doleac, Heinz Wyss
  • Publication number: 20100297299
    Abstract: The invention proposes a capsule (9) for use in a beverage production device. The capsule (9) contains one or several ingredients (12) for producing a beverage or liquid comestible when a liquid (3) is fed into the capsule (9). The capsule is provided with an integrated antimicrobial filter (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Yann Epars, Matthew David Steven, Anne Roulin