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USOO9605040B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,605,040 B2 VOn MaltZahn et al. (45) Date of Patent: Mar. 28, 2017 (54) NUTRITIVE PROTEINS AND METHODS 5,866.338 A 2f1999 Hartwell et al. 6,004,930 A 12/1999 Hainline 6,291,245 B1 9/2001 Kopetzki et al. (71) Applicant: Pronutria, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US) 6,361,966 B1 3/2002 Walker et al. 6,495,344 B1 12/2002 Carr (72) Inventors: Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Boston, MA 6,630,320 B1 10/2003 Davis et al. (US); Michael J. Hamill, Wellesley, 7,211,431 B2 5/2007 Rao et al. MA (US); Rajeev Chillakuru, 7,214,786 B2 5/2007 Kovalic et al. 7,252,972 B2 8, 2007 Kikuchi et al. Cambridge, MA (US); John F. 7,314,974 B2 1/2008 Cao et al. Kramarczyk, Somerville, MA (US); 7,790,688 B2 9/2010 Wolfe et al. David Arthur Berry, Brookline, MA 8,071,122 B2 12/2011 Yamka et al. (US); Brett Adam Boghigian, Boston, 8,329,646 B2 12/2012 Tisdale et al. MA (US); Nathaniel W. Silver, 8,343,747 B2 1/2013 Burke et al. 8,409,840 B2 4/2013 Muller et al. 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Cl. nutritive proteins comprise at least one of a level of a) a ratio C07K I4/435 (2006.01) of branch chain amino acid residues to total amino acid A6 IK 38/00 (2006.01) C07K I4/47 (2006.01) residues present in the nutritive protein equal to or greater A23. 3/04 (2006.01) than the ratio of branch chain amino acid residues to total C07K I4/45 (2006.01) amino acid residues present in whey protein; b) a ratio of A2.3L 33/75 (2016.01) leucine residues to total amino acid residues present in the (52) U.S. Cl. CPC ................. C07K 14/47 (2013.01); A23J 3/04 nutritive protein equal to or greater than the ratio of leucine (2013.01); A23L 33/175 (2016.08); C07K residues to total amino acid residues present in whey pro 14/415 (2013.01); A61 K 38/00 (2013.01) tein; and c) a ratio of essential amino acid residues to total (58) Field of Classification Search amino acid residues present in the nutritive protein equal to None See application file for complete search history. or greater than the ratio of essential amino acid residues to total amino acid residues present in whey protein. 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