Patents by Inventor Yuko Yotsumoto

Yuko Yotsumoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20240164399
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, for example, a packaged tea beverage in which liquid color degradation during heat sterilization is suppressed, and a production method therefor. The method of the present invention comprises the step of including lactic acid bacteria in the production of a heat-sterilized packaged tea beverage having a tea polyphenol concentration of 10 to 200 mg/100 mL and a pH of 4.5 to 7.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mihoko SUZUKI, Yuko YOTSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240156122
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, for example, a packaged tea beverage in which paper odor is suppressed, and a method for producing the same, as the paper odor occurs in packaged tea beverages containing a JCM5805 strain. The present invention relates to a packaged tea beverage obtainable by a production method comprising a step of including a JCM5805 strain in a tea extract liquid having a tea polyphenol concentration of 10 mg or more/100 mL, and performing a treatment of heating to 100° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mihoko SUZUKI, Yuko YOTSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10568347
    Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink including a sweetener and a caramel composition, wherein the drink contains an indigestible dextrin and the amount of 4-methylimidazole in the drink is less than 200 ppb. The drink is a bottled carbonated drink of which foam is stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KIRIN BEVERAGE KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Naganuma, Kenichiro Yamamoto, Yuko Yotsumoto, Hideyuki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10568345
    Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, capable of reducing exuding of a dissolved carbon dioxide. The bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, including a caramel pigment and a high-intensity sweetener is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: KIRIN BEVERAGE COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideyuki Wakabayashi, Yuko Yotsumoto, Hiroyuki Naganuma, Kenichiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180303132
    Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink including a sweetener and a caramel composition, wherein the drink contains an indigestible dextrin and the amount of 4-methylimidazole in the drink is less than 200 ppb. The drink is a bottled carbonated drink of which foam is stabilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicants: KIRIN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KIRIN BEVERAGE KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAGANUMA, Kenichiro YAMAMOTO, Yuko YOTSUMOTO, Hideyuki WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160183584
    Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink including a sweetener and a caramel composition, wherein the drink contains an indigestible dextrin and the amount of 4-methylimidazole in the drink is less than 200 ppb. The drink is a bottled carbonated drink of which foam is stabilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: KIRIN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KIRIN BEVERAGE KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAGANUMA, Kenichiro YAMAMOTO, Yuko YOTSUMOTO, Hideyuki WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150181919
    Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, capable of reducing exuding of a dissolved carbon dioxide. The bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, including a caramel pigment and a high-intensity sweetener is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: KIRIN BEVERAGE COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideyuki Wakabayashi, Yuko Yotsumoto, Hiroyuki Naganuma, Kenichiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20090280215
    Abstract: It is to provide a method for producing a rich-flavored green tea extract liquid by converting the ingredients by performing enzymatic treatment to raw material green tea leaves in order to improve the quality of green tea leaves and extracting the tea leaves. A green tea extract liquid with excellent flavor is produced by mixing and allowing to react ground green tea leaves, made by grinding dried green tea leaves or ground green tea leaves which have been ground during green tea manufacture process, with an enzyme solution at a weight ratio of 1:0.2 to 1:5, and then extracting with water or warm water. By performing enzymatic reaction according to the method of the present invention, the reaction can proceed dramatically, and it is possible to convert effectively the flavor ingredients by an enzymatic treatment of raw material tea leaves, which was difficult in a conventional method, and a rich-flavored green tea extract liquid with an excellent flavor can be produced by extracting the tea leaves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Kirin Beverage Company, Limited
    Inventor: Yuko Yotsumoto