Patents by Inventor Nicole Van Beem

Nicole Van Beem 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).

  • Compounds derived from menthol and use as refreshing agent
    Patent number: 6359168
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) in which R=H or CH3 and n is a whole number from 1 to 4. These compounds are useful as refreshing agents in various compositions, articles or products from flavor manufacture or perfumery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Eric Frerot, Nicole Van Beem
  • Flavor enhancing methods
    Patent number: 6287620
    Abstract: &agr;-keto acids and certain precursors and derivatives thereof, particularly those selected from the group which consists of glyoxylic acid, 2-oxo-propanoic acid, 2-oxo-butanoic acid, 3-methyl-2-oxo butanoic acid, 3-methyl-2-oxo pentanoic acid, 4-methyl-2-oxo pentanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-2-oxo-propanoic acid, oxalacetic acid, 2-oxo-glutaric acid, 2-oxo-3-phenyl-propanoic acid, 3-(4-hydroxy-phenyl)-2-oxo-propanoic acid, 2-oxo-1H-indole-3-propanoic acid, 2-oxo-1H-imidazole-4-propanoic acid, 4-methylthio-2-oxo-butanoic acid, 3-mercapto-2-oxo-propanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-2-oxo-butanoic acid, 6-amino-2-oxo-hexanoic acid and 5-guanido-2-oxo-pentanoic acid, and precursors and derivatives thereof that are capable of being formed from or releasing said acids in the use medium, are useful as flavouring ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Godefridus Van Den Ouweland, François Benzi, Nicole Van Beem, Claude Vanrietvelde
  • Ethyl (2E,4Z,7Z)-2,4,7-decatrienoate and its use as a perfuming or flavoring ingredient
    Patent number: 5180710
    Abstract: Ethyl (2E,4Z,7Z)-2,4,7-decatrienoate, a novel compound, is a useful perfuming ingredient capable of imparting odor notes of the pear, green, violet leaf type to the compositions and articles into which it is incorporated. It can also be advantageously used in a variety of flavoring compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignee: Firmenich S.A.
    Inventors: Ferdinand Naef, Rene Decorzani, Regula Naef, Pierre-Alain Blanc, Nicole van Beem