US 12,343,370 B2
Feijoa fruit extract
Lai Yeap Foo, Lower Hutt (NZ); and Ronald Ross Watson, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to CALLAGHAN INNOVATION, Lower Hutt (NZ); and SOUTHWEST SCIENTIFIC EDITING &CONSULTING L.L.C., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by CALLAGHAN INNOVATION, Lower Hutt (NZ); and SOUTHWEST SCIENTIFIC EDITING & CONSULTING L.L.C., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/348,239.
Application 16/177,851 is a division of application No. 14/407,097, granted, now 10,149,880, previously published as PCT/IB2013/054727, filed on Jun. 10, 2013.
Application 17/348,239 is a continuation of application No. 16/177,851, filed on Nov. 1, 2018, granted, now 11,065,292.
Claims priority of application No. 600560 (NZ), filed on Jun. 11, 2012; and application No. 600561 (NZ), filed on Jun. 11, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0062366 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 36/61 (2006.01); A23L 33/105 (2016.01); A61K 31/352 (2006.01); A61K 31/353 (2006.01); A61K 31/357 (2006.01); A61K 31/365 (2006.01); A61K 31/366 (2006.01); A61P 3/06 (2006.01); A61P 3/10 (2006.01); A61P 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 36/61 (2013.01) [A23L 33/105 (2016.08); A61K 31/352 (2013.01); A61K 31/353 (2013.01); A61K 31/357 (2013.01); A61K 31/365 (2013.01); A61K 31/366 (2013.01); A61P 3/06 (2018.01); A61P 3/10 (2018.01); A61P 19/02 (2018.01); A61K 2236/00 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
 
1. A method of treating or preventing weight gain in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of a composition consisting essentially of a feijoa fruit extract, thereby treating or preventing the weight gain in the patient, wherein the composition consisting essentially of feijoa fruit extract is treating or preventing the weight gain even when food and beverage intake by the patient is not reduced.