Patents by Inventor Simon Ballance

Simon Ballance 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).

  • Sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice and juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, methods of producing the same and the use thereof to maintain health and to treat and prevent medical ailments
    Patent number: 10786452
    Abstract: Described herein is a sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice product, wherein said juice product is a fruit or vegetable juice or juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, wherein said juice product contains at least about 5 g/l gluconic acid and said juice product contains any two or three, of (i) at least about 0.5 g/l Ca2+, (ii) at least about 1 g/l K+, and (iii) at least about 0.1 g/l Mg2+. Also provided are methods of producing the same and the use thereof to assist in maintaining the health and well-being of a subject and in the treatment and prevention of medical ailments, specifically those associated with the over-consumption of glucose and/or sucrose or inappropriate metabolism of glucose, e.g. metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hypertension and liver steatosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: NOFIMA AS
    Inventors: Jurgen Schrezenmeir, Svein Halvor Knutsen, Simon Ballance
  • SUGAR-DEPLETED FRUIT OR VEGETABLE JUICE AND JUICE-RETAINING FRUIT OR VEGETABLE DERIVED MATTER, METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND THE USE THEREOF TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND TO TREAT AND PREVENT MEDICAL AILMENTS
    Publication number: 20200009048
    Abstract: Described herein is a sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice product, wherein said juice product is a fruit or vegetable juice or juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, wherein said juice product contains at least about 5 g/l gluconic acid and said juice product contains any two or three, of (i) at least about 0.5 g/l Ca2+, (ii) at least about 1 g/l K+, and (iii) at least about 0.1 g/l Mg2+. Also provided are methods of producing the same and the use thereof to assist in maintaining the health and well-being of a subject and in the treatment and prevention of medical ailments, specifically those associated with the over-consumption of glucose and/or sucrose or inappropriate metabolism of glucose, e.g. metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hypertension and liver steatosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jurgen Schrezenmeir, Svein Halvor Knutsen, Simon Ballance
  • Sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice and juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, methods of producing the same and the use thereof to maintain health and to treat and prevent medical ailments
    Patent number: 10471009
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice product, wherein said juice product is a fruit or vegetable juice or juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, wherein said juice product contains at least about 5 g/l gluconic acid and said juice product contains any two or three, of (i) at least about 0.5 g/l Ca2+, (iii) at least about 1 g/l K+, and (iii) at least about 0.1 g/l Mg2+. Also provided are methods of producing the same and the use thereof to assist in maintaining the health and well-being of a subject and in the treatment and prevention of medical ailments, specifically those associated with the over-consumption of glucose and/or sucrose or inappropriate metabolism of glucose, e.g. metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hypertension and liver steatosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: NOFIMA AS
    Inventors: Jurgen Schrezenmeir, Svein Halvor Knutsen, Simon Ballance
  • IMPROVED SUGAR-DEPLETED FRUIT OR VEGETABLE JUICE AND JUICE-RETAINING FRUIT OR VEGETABLE DERIVED MATTER, METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND THE USE THEREOF TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND TO TREAT AND PREVENT MEDICAL AILMENTS
    Publication number: 20170296468
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice product, wherein said juice product is a fruit or vegetable juice or juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, wherein said juice product contains at least about 5 g/l gluconic acid and said juice product contains any two or three, of (i) at least about 0.5 g/l Ca2+, (iii) at least about 1 g/l K+, and (iii) at least about 0.1 g/l Mg2+. Also provided are methods of producing the same and the use thereof to assist in maintaining the health and well-being of a subject and in the treatment and prevention of medical ailments, specifically those associated with the over-consumption of glucose and/or sucrose or inappropriate metabolism of glucose, e.g. metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hypertension and liver steatosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Nofima AS
    Inventors: Jurgen Schrezenmeir, Svein Halvor Knutsen, Simon Ballance
  • Hygeine product for mouth
    Publication number: 20070036864
    Abstract: An oral hygiene product, such as tooth paste, is described. A methos for controlling undesirable bacterial flora in the oral cavity, as well as the use of the plant Sphagnum, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Knut Börsheim, Simon Ballance, Bjorn Christensen, Olav Smidsrod