Issued Patents

"Native Oil Bodies"
PCT publication WO 98/53698 entitled "Uses of oilbodies":

Inventors: Harm Deckers, Gijs van Rooijen, Joe Boothe, Janis Goll, Soheil Mahmoud, Maurice Moloney

Claims: Emulsions comprising intact oil bodies (regardless of source) and methods of making these emulsions. Dependent and independent claims directed to emulsions comprising oil body preparations wherein such emulsions are food products, feed products, personal care products, pharmaceutical products and industrial products.

"Loading"
PCT publication WO 05/030169 entitled Methods for preparing oilbodies comprising active ingredients.

Inventors: Liz Murray, Joe Boothe, Nancy Markley

Claims: Methods to partition an active agent (regardless of its application) into oil bodies, the method comprising dissolving the active agent in a first solvent, mixing the first solvent comprising the active agent with a second solvent, contacting the mixture of first and second solvent with oil bodies to effect partitioning

"Cold Processing"
Patent acquired from Lonza - PCT Patent Application WO 05/097059 entitled Method for the preparation of cosmetic emulsions.

Inventors: Jack Guth, Vicky Lentner

Claims: Methods for preparing cosmetic emulsions for topical dermatological applications comprising mixing of vegetable oil bodies with a cosmetically or dermatologically active ingredient wherein the temperature of the emulsion never exceeds 40C or wherein the emulsion does not comprise an additional emulsifier.