A METHOD OF PRODUCING A PROCESSED KAVA PRODUCT HAVING AN ALTERED KAVALACTONE DISTRIBUTION AND PROCESSED KAVA PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING THE SAME - Patent 1467726

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EP 1 467 726 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.08.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	20.10.2004 Bulletin 2004/43

(21)	Application number: 02784018.0

(22)	Date of filing: 03.10.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 31/366, A61K 9/70

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/031771

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/028662 (10.04.2003 Gazette 2003/15)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

03.10.2001 US 326928 P
03.04.2002 US 369889 P

(71)	Applicant: Herbalscience, LLC
	Naples, FL 34101 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GOW, Robert, T. Naples, FL 34119 (US) PIERCE, John, A. Moreno Valley, CA 92557 (US) PIERCE, Brian Moreno Valley, CA 92557 (US) BIRDSALL, William Naples, FL 34101 (US)

(74)	Representative: Harrison, Ivor Stanley et al
	Withers & Rogers,Goldings House, 2 Hays Lane London SE1 2HW London SE1 2HW (GB)

(54)	A METHOD OF PRODUCING A PROCESSED KAVA PRODUCT HAVING AN ALTERED KAVALACTONE DISTRIBUTION AND PROCESSED KAVA PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING THE SAME