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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2015
Applicant:

Nestec S.a., Vevey, CH;

Inventors:

Carlos Antonio De Castro, Geneva, CH;

Norbert Sprenger, Savigny, CH;

Sagar Thakkar, Brent, CH;

Assignee:

Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/702 (2006.01); A23L 33/00 (2016.01); A23L 33/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/702 (2013.01); A23L 33/10 (2016.08); A23L 33/30 (2016.08); A23L 33/40 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A23V 2250/284 (2013.01);
Abstract

This invention relates to the use of a nutritional composition comprising Fut2-dependent oligosaccharides for promoting brain growth and development in infants in the very early postnatal period. The nutritional composition comprises Fut2-dependent oligosaccharides and Lacto-N-neotetraose and is specifically for use in promoting brain catch-up growth in preterm infants or infants with low-birth weight. The invention further relates to a kit comprising at least two of these nutritional compositions.


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