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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Nestec S.a., Vevey, CH;
Inventors:
Francois-Pierre Martin, Vuisternens-devant-Romont, CH;
Claire L. Boulange, London, GB;
Ivan Montoliu Roura, Lausanne, CH;
Sebastiano Collino, Lausanne, CH;
Marc-Emmanuel Dumas, London, GB;
Elaine Holmes, Croydon, GB;
Serge Andre Dominique Rezzi, Semsales, CH;
Jeremy Nicholson, Croydon, GB;
Sunil Kochhar, Savigny, CH;
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., , CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/493 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 24/08 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/6812 (2013.01); G01N 24/08 (2013.01); G01N 33/6893 (2013.01); H01J 49/0027 (2013.01); G01N 2800/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to the field of nutrition and health. In particular, the present invention relates to a new biomarker, its use and a method that allows it to diagnose the likelihood to resist diet induced weight gain, and/or to be susceptible to a diet induced weight gain. For example, the biomarker may be hexanoylglycine.