Patents by Inventor Norbert Sprenger

Norbert Sprenger 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: 20230000126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising 2?-Fucosyllactose (2?-FL), for use in the reduction of nociception in an infant or in a young child by increasing Kynurenic acid production by the microbiota of an infant or a young child consuming the nutritional composition in the form of a growing up milk. The compositions are in particular useful in reducing abdominal pain, such as pain associated with infantile colic, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and/or recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), and consequently also contribute to reducing the crying periods and to improving the quality of sleep and the general quality of life of the infants and young children.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: SAMI DAMAK, NORBERT SPRENGER, FRANCIS FOATA, FLORENCE ROCHAT, CLAIRE LAURENCE LUCIE MARIE BOULANGE
  • Publication number: 20220331347
    Abstract: Compositions contain 6?-sialyllactose (6? SL) and lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), for use in the reduction of nociception in an infant or in a young child. The compositions are in particular useful in reducing abdominal pain, such as pain associated with infantile colic, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and/or recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), and consequently also contribute to reducing the crying periods and to improving the quality of sleep and the general quality of life of the infants and young children.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Sami Damak, Norbert Sprenger, Francis Foata
  • Publication number: 20220287349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nutritional compositions comprising 6?-sialyllactose (6?SL) and lacto-N-tetraose (LNT) for use in improving the gastrointestinal barrier. In particular, the present invention relates to improving gut barrier function in an infant, a young child or children aged above 3 years to 8 years.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Sami Damak, Francis Foata, Norbert Sprenger
  • Patent number: 11419885
    Abstract: A composition contains at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide, for use in preventing and/or treating a URT infection in an infant or young child fulfilling at least one of the following criteria: i) the infant or young child is born from a non-secretor mother and/or is fed with a mother's milk deficient in at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide, ii) the infant or young child has at least one sibling, and iii) the infant or young child was born by C-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Norbert Sprenger, Clemens Kunz, Dominique Brassart
  • Publication number: 20220233562
    Abstract: A method for reducing nociceptive sensitivity in non-infant humans includes in some examples selecting a non-infant human experiencing a condition and associated nociceptive sensitivity (e.g., irritable bowel syndrome or chronic neuropathic pain). In such examples, the method further includes selecting an effective amount of one or more human milk oligosaccharides (“HMOs”) chosen from the group consisting of 6?-sialyllactose (6?-SL), and a mixture of 6?-SL and lacto-N-tetraose (LNT) and reducing the nociceptive sensitivity by administering the selected effective amount of the chosen HMOs to the non-infant human during an initial phase. In some examples, the method includes activating GPR35 receptors by administering the effective amount of the chosen one or more HMOs. In some examples, the HMOs are a mixture of 6?-SL and LNT that provides a synergistic effect relative to each of the 6?-SL and LNT alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Sami Damak, Norbert Sprenger, Francis Foata
  • Patent number: 11357785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising 6?-sialyllactose (6?SL) and lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), for use in the reduction of nociception in an infant or in a young child. The compositions are in particular useful in reducing abdominal pain, such as pain associated with infantile colic, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and/or recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), and consequently also contribute to reducing the crying periods and to improving the quality of sleep and the general quality of life of the infants and young children.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Sami Damak, Norbert Sprenger, Francis Foata
  • Patent number: 11304966
    Abstract: The application relates to synthetic compositions and methods for preventing or reducing nociception and/or nociceptive sensitivity in a non-infant human. The human is administered a composition comprising 6?-sialyllactose (6?-SL) and/or lacto-N-tetraose (LNT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Sami Damak, Norbert Sprenger, Francis Foata
  • Publication number: 20220079963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nutritional compositions comprising 2?-Fucosyllactose (2?FL) for use in improving the gastrointestinal barrier. In particular, the present invention relates to improving gastrointestinal barrier in an infant, a young child or children aged above 3 years to 8 years.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Clara Lucia Garcia-Rodenas, Jane Mea M Natividad, Andreas Rytz, Sami Damak, Norbert Sprenger, Francis Foata, Florence Rochat, Claire Laurence Lucie Mari Boulange
  • Patent number: 11260067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least two human milk oligosaccharides, for use to decrease the concentration of detrimental proteolytic metabolites (e.g. branched short chain fatty acids) in the digestive tract in an infant or a young child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Norbert Sprenger, Florence Rochat, Laurent Favre
  • Publication number: 20220054515
    Abstract: A composition and associated packs and methods for (i) promoting gastrointestinal barrier healing in the upper intestinal tract and/or small intestine of a non-infant human suffering from chronic intestinal barrier inflammation, and/or (ii) maintaining remission in the upper intestinal tract and small intestine of a non-infant human suffering from chronic intestinal barrier inflammation. The composition contains an effective amount of a combination of 6?-sialyllactose (6?-SL) and lacto-N-tetraose (LNT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell, Sami Damak, Francis Foata, Norbert Sprenger
  • Patent number: 11253530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least three human milk oligosaccharides, for use to increase butyrate production in the digestive tract in an infant or a young child. The production increases with the HMOs blend complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Florence Rochat, Laurent Favre, Norbert Sprenger
  • Patent number: 11229658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide and at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide in particular amounts, for use in preventing and/or treating infections and/or inflammations of the lower respiratory tract and/or of the ear in an infant or a young child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Norbert Sprenger, Dominique Brassart, Delphine Egli
  • Patent number: 11229231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide for use in an infant or a young child for reducing and/or preventing later in life excessive fat mass accumulation and/or a health disorder related to excessive fat mass accumulation, wherein said fucosylated oligosaccharide has at least one fucose group attached by an alpha 1,3 linkage, at least one fucose group attached by an alpha 1,4 linkage, or combinations thereof. The invention also relates to nutritional composition for use to promote healthy growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Aristea Binia, Norbert Sprenger
  • Publication number: 20220016144
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a stable aqueous composition comprising oligosaccharides having a glucose unit at the reducing end and characterised in that the pH of such aqueous composition ranges from 5.5 to 6.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Mattia Marzorati, Norbert Sprenger
  • Patent number: 11179405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nutritional compositions for infants or young children and their health effects, that comprise at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide and at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide. These nutritional compositions are for use to prevent and/or treat infection in an infant or young child, by promoting and/or reducing specific microbiota communities in an infant or young child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Bernard Berger, Norbert Sprenger, Dominik Grathwohl
  • Patent number: 11083742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide for use in an infant or young child for preventing a later in life health disorder by preventing premature adiposity rebound. The invention also relates to nutritional composition for use to promote healthy growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Aristea Binia, Norbert Sprenger
  • Publication number: 20210205340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one sialylated oligosaccharide, for use in reducing and/or avoiding excessive fat mass accumulation, in preventing the associated later in life health disorders like later in life obesity and related comorbidities, in reducing and/or controlling food intake and/or in promoting a healthy growth in an infant or a young child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Ramos Nieves, Aristea Binia, Norbert Sprenger, Sami Damak, Carole De Senarclens-Bezencon
  • Publication number: 20210205341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one human milk oligosaccharide for use in preventing and/or treating a health disorder in an infant or young child by increasing GLP-1 in said infant or young child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Norbert Sprenger, Jose Manuel Ramos Nieves, Aristea Binia, Sami Damak, Carole De Senarclens-Bezencon, Ornella Avanti Nigro
  • Publication number: 20210177872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide and at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide, for use in preventing and/or treating constipation and/or in improving stool consistency/frequency in an infant or a young child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Norbert Sprenger, Dominique Brassart, Delphine Egli
  • Publication number: 20210023102
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide for use in preventing and/or treating constipation and/or in improving stool consistency/frequency in an infant or a young child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Norbert Sprenger, Dominique Brassart, Delphine Egli