|HAI LALA MO ATUS009890286B2 AN UIT DITURI A TOOD HUT (12 ) United States Patent ( 10 ) Patent No. : US 9 ,890 ,286 B2 Vargas Cano et al . (45 ) Date of Patent: Feb . 13, 2018 ( 54 ) COLORANT COMPOUNDS DERIVED FROM ( 58 ) Field of Classification Search GENIPIN OR GENIPIN CONTAINING None MATERIALS See application file for complete search history . ( 71 ) Applicant: ECOFLORA S . A . S . , Sabaneta , Antioquia ( CO ) ( 56 ) References Cited ( 72 ) Inventors : Esteban Vargas Cano , Itagui ( CO ) ; U . S . PATENT DOCUMENTS Luis Fernando Echeverri Lopez , 4 ,247 ,698 A 1 / 1981 Toyama et al. Medellin (CO ) ; Juan Fernando Gil 4 ,347 ,356 A 8 / 1982 Touyama et al . Romero , Medellin (CO ) ; Edwin (Continued ) Andrés Correa Garcés , Medellin (CO ) ; Sandra Patricia Zapata Porras, FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Medellin (CO ) CN 101104745 1 /2008 ( 73 ) Assignee : ECOFLORA S . A . 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