Patents by Inventor Thomas Wolever

Thomas Wolever 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).

  • Methods and systems for determining and controlling glycemic responses
    Patent number: 8571801
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of determining a standard comestible Equivalent Glycemic Load of a dietary comestible comprising: (a) establishing a reliable glycemic response index for a standard comestible, wherein the index correlates glycemic response with glycemic load; (b) determining the glycemic response produced by a dietary comestible, and (c) identifying the standard comestible glycemic load from the index which is correlated with the glycemic response of the dietary comestible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon R Anfinsen, Thomas Wolever, Matthew Spolar, Elinor Hitchner, Paul D. Wolff
  • Methods and systems for determining and controlling glycemic responses
    Publication number: 20060154322
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of determining a standard comestible Equivalent Glycemic Load of a dietary comestible comprising: (a) establishing a reliable glycemic response index for a standard comestible, wherein the index correlates glycemic response with glycemic load; (b) determining the glycemic response produced by a dietary comestible, and (c) identifying the standard comestible glycemic load from the index which is correlated with the glycemic response of the dietary comestible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Jon Anfinsen, Thomas Wolever, Matthew Spolar, Elinor Hitchner, Paul Wolff
  • Methods for determining glycemic responses of foods
    Publication number: 20050244910
    Abstract: The present invention provides precise methods for determining the glycemic responses of foods, including: (a) the incremental area under the glycemic response curve, (b) the Glycemic Index value of a food, (c) the Equivalent Glycemic Load or Glycemic Glucose Equivalent of a food, and (d) other similar measures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Wolever, Blanche Ip, Elham Mogghadam-Bozorgi
  • Methods and systems for determining and controlling glycemic responses
    Publication number: 20040043106
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of determining a standard comestible Equivalent Glycemic Load of a dietary comestible comprising: (a) establishing a reliable glycemic response index for a standard comestible, wherein the index correlates glycemic response with glycemic load; (b) determining the glycemic response produced by a dietary comestible, and (c) identifying the standard comestible glycemic load from the index which is correlated with the glycemic response of the dietary comestible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Jon R. Anfinsen, Thomas Wolever, Matthew Spolar, Elinor Hitchner, Paul D. Wolff