Patents by Inventor Seiji Kitajima

Seiji Kitajima has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Analysis Device
    Publication number: 20240085339
    Abstract: An analysis device includes a measurement unit that measures a color state of a test strip under a defined condition, an imaging unit that captures an image of the color state of the test strip, an analysis unit that analyzes the color state from the captured image obtained by imaging by the imaging unit, and a switching unit that selectively switches between a first mode in which the measurement unit measures the color state and a second mode in which the analysis unit analyzes the color state from the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Seiji Satake, Maiho Kitajima
  • PERFUME COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20230217975
    Abstract: Flavoring compositions containing at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of (A) a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, (B) ?-caryophyllene oxide, and (C) a compound represented by the formula (II): wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, are useful for effectively enhancing a mouth-coating feel and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SAKAMOTO, Seiji KITAJIMA, Yoshimasa MIURA, Yuki TOHO, Waki NAKAGAWA, Naoki MIKOSHIBA
  • MOUTH-COATING FEEL ENHANCER
    Publication number: 20230210153
    Abstract: An in-oil-heated substance of cyclotene, an in-oil-heated substance of a cyclotene analogous compound, or an in-oil-heated substance of a substance capable of producing cyclotene or a cyclotene analogous compound by heating are effective as mouth-coating feel enhancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa MIURA, Kazuhiro SAKAMOTO, Seiji KITAJIMA
  • MASKING AGENT
    Publication number: 20230028073
    Abstract: An agent containing at least one aroma compound selected from the group consisting of E-beta-damascone, S-(2-methyl-3-furyl)ethanethioate, beta-caryophyllene oxide, beta-ionone, 2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-dithiane, methyl anthranilate, S-furfuryl thioformate, 1-isothiocyanate-3-(methylthio)propane, nootkatone, 1,4-dioxacycloheptadecane-5,17-dione, sclareol, and sclareolide is effective for masking an unpleasant smell and for making oral products in which an unpleasant smell is masked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yuji NAKADA, Yayoi KAWATO, Shingo SUGIYAMA, Seiji KITAJIMA, Chiori IJICHI
  • OFF-FLAVOR SUPPRESSING AGENT
    Publication number: 20220279826
    Abstract: Off-taste suppressing agents for an oral product containing an off-taste substance added thereto, wherein the agent contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (A) a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, (B) cyclotene, and (C) a fatty acid having a carbon atom number of 3 or 4 are capable of effectively suppressing off-tastes due to off-taste substances, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Kyoko KANNO, Ryo KITADA, Seiji KITAJIMA
  • COMPOUND HAVING ENHANCING ACTIVITY FOR GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1 RECEPTOR ACTIONS
    Publication number: 20200129458
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, or a salt thereof are useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes and obesity, and diseases related thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tomohiro FUJII, Koji Ohsumi, Seiji Kitajima, Yoshiro Kitahara
  • COMPOUND HAVING ENHANCING ACTIVITY FOR GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1 RECEPTOR ACTIONS
    Publication number: 20190022039
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, or a salt thereof are useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes and obesity, and diseases related thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tomohiro FUJII, Koji OHSUMI, Seiji KITAJIMA, Yoshiro KITAHARA
  • Sweetness receptor antagonist
    Patent number: 9907766
    Abstract: Sweetness receptor antagonists represented by formula (I): wherein each symbol is described herein, are useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Kitahara, Koji Ohsumi, Seiji Kitajima, Shimpei Ogawa
  • SWEETNESS RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST
    Publication number: 20170101372
    Abstract: Sweetness receptor antagonists represented by formula (I): wherein each symbol is described herein, are useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiro KITAHARA, Koji OHSUMI, Seiji KITAJIMA, Shimpei OGAWA
  • Sweet taste receptor chimeric proteins and use thereof
    Patent number: 9341616
    Abstract: A sweet taste substance or a sweet taste-regulating substance is detected by contacting a test substance with a cell that expresses a chimeric protein of human T1R2 and mouse T1R2, and/or a chimeric protein of human T1R3 and mouse T1R3, and may further express a G protein ? subunit, and by detecting an interaction between the chimeric proteins and the test substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Seiji Kitajima, Yutaka Ishiwatari
  • Sweet Taste Receptor Chimeric Proteins and Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20150276710
    Abstract: A sweet taste substance or a sweet taste-regulating substance is detected by contacting a test substance with a cell that expresses a chimeric protein of human T1R2 and mouse T1R2, and/or a chimeric protein of human T1R3 and mouse T1R3, and may further express a G protein ? subunit, and by detecting an interaction between the chimeric proteins and the test substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Seiji Kitajima, Yutaka Ishiwatari
  • Manufacturing Method for Food With Enhanced Taste and Method for Enhancing Taste of Food
    Publication number: 20140030380
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a food, which can effectively enhance a taste without conferring an unpreferable or undesirable flavor, and a method for enhancing a taste of food. The present invention provides a method of producing a food with an enhanced taste, including by adding a peptide mixture obtained by hydrolyzing, with an enzyme, a composition containing ?-conglycinin, and a method of enhancing the taste of food, including a step of adding the peptide mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Seiji Kitajima, Yuzuru Eto, Takaho Tajima