Patents by Inventor Simone Acquistapace

Simone Acquistapace 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: 10646450
    Abstract: A delivery vehicle with a core surrounded by a digestible polymer shell having a melting and/or softening point above the body temperature of an animal or human, and where the core has a lipid and/or lipophilic active ingredient dispersed in a continuous polymer matrix. The delivery vehicle can be used to release lipid and/or lipophilic active ingredients, such as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, supplements, traditional/herbal medicine, or combinations thereof, after a predetermined lag time following ingestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Timothy James Wooster, Laurence Donato-Capel, Anwesha Sarkar, Simone Acquistapace
  • Publication number: 20200000114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a food grade powder comprising a dried hydrogel co-gel comprising a first biopolymer capable of forming a thermoreversible elastic gel upon cooling to 25° C. or above and a second biopolymer capable of forming a glassy matrix upon drying. The food grade powder may provide controlled release of aroma, the aroma being encapsulated in the hydrogel co-gel. Further aspects of the invention are a food product comprising the food grade powder, a method of making a food grade powder providing controlled release of an aroma and the use of a hydrogel co-gel to control the release of an aroma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy James Wooster, Simone Acquistapace, Philippe Rene Pollien, Thierry Fellay
  • Publication number: 20180325827
    Abstract: A delivery vehicle with a core surrounded by a digestible polymer shell having a melting and/or softening point above the body temperature of an animal or human, and where the core has a lipid and/or lipophilic active ingredient dispersed in a continuous polymer matrix. The delivery vehicle can be used to release lipid and/or lipophilic active ingredients, such as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, supplements, traditional/herbal medicine, or combinations thereof, after a predetermined lag time following ingestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy James Wooster, Laurence Donato-Capel, Anwesha Sarkar, Simone Acquistapace
  • Patent number: 10052287
    Abstract: A delivery vehicle comprising a core (1) surrounded by a digestible polymer shell (4) having a melting and/or softening point above the body temperature of an animal or human, wherein said core comprises a lipid and/or lipophilic active ingredient (2) dispersed in a continuous polymer matrix (3). The delivery vehicle can be used to release lipid and/or lipophilic active ingredients, such as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, supplements, traditional/herbal medicine, or combinations thereof, after a predetermined lag time following ingestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Timothy James Wooster, Laurence Donato-Capel, Anwesha Sarkar, Simone Acquistapace
  • Publication number: 20170231917
    Abstract: A delivery vehicle comprising a core (1) surrounded by a digestible polymer shell (4) having a melting and/or softening point above the body temperature of an animal or human, wherein said core comprises a lipid and/or lipophilic active ingredient (2) dispersed in a continuous polymer matrix (3). The delivery vehicle can be used to release lipid and/or lipophilic active ingredients, such as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, supplements, traditional/herbal medicine, or combinations thereof, after a predetermined lag time following ingestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy James Wooster, Laurence Donato-Capel, Anwesha Sarkar, Simone Acquistapace
  • Patent number: 8513311
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an oil-in-water emulsion wherein the oil droplets of a diameter in the range of 5 nm to hundreds of micrometers exhibit a nano-sized self-assembled structurization with hydrophilic domains having a diameter size in the range of 0.5 to 200 nm, due to the presence of a lipophilic additive and the oil-in-water emulsion contains an active element being present in the range comprised between 0.00001 and 79% based on the total composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Sagalowicz, Martin Leser, Martin Michel, Heribert Johann Watzke, Simone Acquistapace, Raymond Bertholet, Birgit Holst, Fabien Robert
  • Publication number: 20120276243
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of food and drink compositions containing a lipid fraction. Embodiments of the present invention relate to compositions and uses to retard fat uptake from consumed products. For example, the present invention relates to a specific proteose peptone fraction and its use to retard fat hydrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Kolodziejczyk, Concetta Tedeschi, Simone Acquistapace, Lionel Jean Rene Bovetto, Christophe Joseph Etienne Schmitt, Veronique Clement, Thomas Raab
  • Publication number: 20100233221
    Abstract: The invention relates to double emulsions, in particular double emulsions of the water-in-oil-in-water type, which are organoleptically similar to full-fat oil in water emulsions and which are stabilised by mixture of emulsifiers. The invention also relates to a method for producing said double emulsions, and to the use of a mixture of emulsifier for stabilising said emulsions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Britta Folmer, Martin Michel, Cecile Gehin-Delval, Simone Acquistapace, Martin Leser, Axel Syrbe, Sebastien Marze
  • Publication number: 20080255247
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an oil-in-water emulsion wherein the oil droplets of a diameter in the range of 5 nm to hundreds of micrometers exhibit a nano-sized self-assembled structurization with hydrophilic domains having a diameter size in the range of 0.5 to 200 nm, due to the presence of a lipophilic additive and the oil-in-water emulsion contains an active element being present in the range comprised between 0.00001 and 79% based on the total composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Sagalowicz, Martin Leser, Martin Michel, Heribert Johann Watzke, Simone Acquistapace, Raymond Bertholet, Birgit Holst, Fabien Robert