Patents by Inventor Takaoki Torigoe

Takaoki Torigoe 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).

  • Process for making bread
    Patent number: 5997914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making bread, specifically, a process which involves the storage of dough under freezing and then under refrigeration or the storage of dough under refrigeration and then under freezing, and further relates to a freezing and refrigeration resistant yeast to be used in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Shimura, Yasuhisa Kyogoku, Kozo Ouchi, Takaoki Torigoe
  • Emulsifiers comprising lysophosphatidic acid or a salt thereof and processes for making a dough containing same
    Patent number: 4478866
    Abstract: Lysophosphatidic acid and the physiologically compatible salts thereof possess particularly advantageous properties as emulsifiers for use in foodstuffs and in particular exhibit unexpectedly good results when used in a process for making dough, for use in the production of farinaceous products, in which a wheat flour is mixed with 0.01 to 2.0% by weight (based on the weight of wheat flour) of lysophosphatidic acid or a physiologically compatible salt thereof.The emulsifiers of the invention comprise a mixture of phospholipids, the mixture comprising lysophosphatidic acid or a physiologically compatible salt thereof in an amount of at least 30 mol %. The emulsifiers may be prepared by treating a mixture of phospholipids with phospholipase D and phospholipase A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1984
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigenori Ohta, Seijiro Inoue, Takaoki Torigoe, Makoto Kobayashi