Patents by Inventor Veerle De Bondt

Veerle De Bondt 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: 10939698
    Abstract: A frosted cereal product includes a cereal base and a frosting on the cereal base. The frosting is a composition containing a sugar, in an amount of at most 90% by weight (dry matter of the frosting), and a raw starch, in an amount of at least 10% by weight (dry matter of the frosting); the weight ratio between the cereal base and the frosting lies between 1:0.05 and 1:2; and the frosting consists of 1 to 5 layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Veerle De Bondt
  • Publication number: 20150093476
    Abstract: A frosted cereal product includes a cereal base and a frosting on the cereal base. The frosting is a composition containing a sugar, in an amount of at most 90% by weight (dry matter of the frosting), and a raw starch, in an amount of at least 10% by weight (dry matter of the frosting); the weight ratio between the cereal base and the frosting lies between 1:0.05 and 1:2; and the frosting consists of 1 to 5 layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: TIENSE SUIKERRAFFINADERIJ N.V.
    Inventor: Veerle De Bondt
  • Publication number: 20110165293
    Abstract: The invention relates to a confectionery product having a core and a shell, whereby at least the shell is not fat-continuous, said confectionery product containing between 10 and 55 wt. % of fructan and at most 70 wt. % of sucrose. The shell represents between 10 and 90 wt. % of the confectionery product as a whole. The confectionery product preferably has a non-sucrose bulk sweetener such as Isomalt as main component. The invention further relates to a process for preparing a confectionery product, in particular a filled hard candy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Ingrid Willibald-Ettle, Margit Arenz, Veerle De Bondt
  • Patent number: 6126923
    Abstract: A method for forming a striped dentifrice wherein a first dentifrice which appears unstriped when stored in a container having sidewalls at least a portion of which is transparent, is transformed into a striped dentifrice upon extrusion from the container, which method comprises storing the first dentifrice in the container provided with discharge means and striping means within the discharge means, sequentially filling the container with a striping dentifrice having a color which distinguishes the striping dentifrice from the first dentifrice, the striping dentifrice being stored in an area of the container separate from the first dentifrice, followed by filling the container with the first dentifrice, applying pressure on the dentifrices to cause the striping dentifrice to be applied to the first dentifrice within the container area in which the second dentifrice is stored and be simultaneously extruded together from the container, so that upon extrusion, the extruded dentifrice appears to have been magical
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Michael R. Burke, Veerle De Bondt, Jean-Paul Delvenne, Tessa Plen, Gary Tambs, Benjamin Y. Mandanas, Prakasarao Mandadi, Mike Wong