Patents by Inventor Yu-Wen Feng

Yu-Wen Feng 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).

  • Glucosyringic acid analogs as sweetness profile modifiers
    Patent number: 10966447
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel sweetener compositions comprising a compound having a structure according to Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are described herein. Also provided are methods of modulating sweetness profile of a product by adding a compound of Formula I to the product, such as a beverage product or a food product. For example, the compound described herein can be added to increase the overall sweetness of a nutritive sweetener sweetened beverages; decrease the sweetness time-of-onset for high potency sweeteners such as rebaudioside A; decreasing bitter, metallic and licorice off-notes of high potency sweeteners; and improve the sweet quality of sweetened products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Erickson, Yu-Wen Feng, Christophe Galopin, Stephen Gravina, Yuliya Kurash, Thomas Lee, Laura Nattress, Ting Wang
  • GLUCOSYRINGIC ACID ANALOGS AS SWEETNESS PROFILE MODIFIERS
    Publication number: 20180020708
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel sweetener compositions comprising a compound having a structure according to Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are described herein. Also provided are methods of modulating sweetness profile of a product by adding a compound of Formula I to the product, such as a beverage product or a food product. For example, the compound described herein can be added to increase the overall sweetness of a nutritive sweetener sweetened beverages; decrease the sweetness time-of-onset for high potency sweeteners such as rebaudioside A; decreasing bitter, metallic and licorice off-notes of high potency sweeteners; and improve the sweet quality of sweetened products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Shawn Erickson, Yu-Wen FENG, Christophe GALOPIN, Stephen GRAVINA, Yuliya KURASH, Thomas LEE, Laura NATTRESS, Ting WANG
  • Slow release insect repellent compounds and process for delivering active
    Patent number: 6696490
    Abstract: Novel insect repellents having ester bonds such that when deposited on skin, natural skin cleaning agents provide slow release of the active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Meyer, Ferial Khorshahi-Arvanaghi, Bijan Harichian, Victor DeFlorio, Yu-Wen Feng
  • NOVEL SLOW RELEASE INSECT REPELLENT COMPOUNDS AND PROCESS FOR DELIVERING ACTIVE
    Publication number: 20040014811
    Abstract: Novel insect repellents having ester bonds such that when deposited on skin, natural skin cleaning agents provide slow release of the active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Meyer, Ferial Khorshahi-Arvanaghi, Bijan Harichian, Victor DeFlorio, Yu-Wen Feng