Patents by Inventor Vincent Rivier

Vincent Rivier 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: 7214396
    Abstract: The invention relates to a confectionery product that includes at least one functional ingredient that has a casing and a filling enclosed within the casing. The filling includes at least one confectionery material having properties that confer to the filling a perceivable effect when the filling is released in the mouth. The casing is capable of releasing the filling when contacting saliva in the mouth. This liberates the filling out of the casing while allowing the casing to be left substantially as an empty shell before it entirely dissolves in the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Vincent Rivier
  • Patent number: 7208185
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel confectionery product comprising a casing of a protective confectionery material and a filling enclosed within the casing, wherein the casing is configured to enable the filling to be released without the casing having to be substantially dissolved and; wherein the filling includes a major amount of monosaccharide polyol in a crystalline anhydrous powder form chosen among polyols having a cooling effect. Preferably, the filling represents 6 to 40% by weight of the product and includes xylitol, erythritol, sorbitol or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Vincent Rivier
  • Publication number: 20030068422
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel confectionery product comprising a casing of a protective confectionery material and a filling enclosed within the casing wherein the filling includes a major amount of monosaccharide polyol in a crystalline anhydrous powder form chosen among polyol having a cooling effect. Preferably, the filling represents 6 to 40% by weight of the product and includes xylitol, erythritol, sorbitol or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventor: Vincent Rivier
  • Publication number: 20030059501
    Abstract: The invention relates to a confectionery product that includes at least one functional ingredient that has a casing and a filling enclosed within the casing. The filling includes at least one confectionery material having properties that confer to the filling a perceivable effect when the filling is released in the mouth. The casing is capable of releasing the filling when contacting saliva in the mouth. This liberates the filling out of the casing while allowing the casing to be left substantially as an empty shell before it entirely dissolves in the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventor: Vincent Rivier
  • Patent number: 5714094
    Abstract: An antioxidant composition and a process of recovering the same from a gelatinous retentate of spent ground coffee oil, comprising from 20 to 60% wt of complex lipids and from 10 to 75% wt of carboxylic acids 5-hydroxytryptamides, in which the 5-HT are for example those of behenic, arachidic and/or lignoceric acids, and the complex lipids are phospholipids and glycolipids. This composition may be advantageously used in food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Raymond Bertholet, Ladislas Colarow, Andrej Kusy, Vincent Rivier