Nutritional compositions and methods for promoting cognitive development

US10945446B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mead Johnson Nutrition Company · US

Inventors

• Zihua Ao · Newburgh, US
• Carol Lynn Berseth · Evansville, US
• Patricia Cobb · Louisville, US
• Juan M. Gonzalez · Mahtomedi, US
• Elisha London · Newburgh, US
• Minhthy Nguyen · Dublin, US
• James David Richards · Newburgh, US
• Colin Rudolph · San Francisco, US
• John D. Alvey · Evansville, US
• Yadilka Maldonado · Evansville, US
• Chenzhong Kuang · Lexington, US
• Yan Xiao · Suzhou, CN
• Dirk Hondmann · Newburgh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y304/21
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for enhancing cognitive development in a pediatric subject involving administering to the subject a nutritional composition which includes up to 7 g/100 Kcal of a fat or lipid; up to 5 g/100 Kcal of a protein or protein equivalent source; 0.25 g/100 Kcal to 16 g/100 Kcal of buttermilk; 5 mg/100 Kcal to 90 mg/100 Kcal of a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid; and 0.015 g/100 Kcal to 1.5 g/100 Kcal of a prebiotic.