| WORLDWIDE PATENT AND TRADEMARK PROTECTION |
Worldwide patents protect concomitant enrichment of food items with plant sterols and any of the mineral nutrients calcium, potassium or magnesium. Hence, plant sterol-enriched food items can be enriched with calcium, potassium or magnesium only under license of the MultiBene patents. Conversely, calcium-, potassium- or magnesium-enriched foods can be enriched with plant sterols only under license of the MultiBene patents.
For example, the Claim 1 of the European Patent no. 0948265 is as follows:
| “A method of producing food seasoning, food ingredient and/or food item compositions capable of decreasing elevated serum cholesterol and lowering elevated blood pressure, comprising providing in said composition an increased level of plant sterol/stanol and an increased level of mineral element nutrient, said sterol/stanol comprising at least one plant sterol or plant sterol derivative selected from the group consisting of beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, campesterol, dihydrobrassicasterol, and/or the hardened stanol forms of said sterols, and/or fatty acid esters of said sterols and stanols, and said mineral element nutrient comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, and potassium.” |
The MultiBene logo also has an extensive Trademark protection:
- EU Trademark registration
- International Trademark registration
- USA, Japan and other registrations
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