Patents Assigned to Meiji Milk Products Company Ltd.
  • Unchelated manganese composition for MRI of the gastrointestinal tract
    Patent number: 5534240
    Abstract: A contrasting composition for gastrointestinal tract MRI which contains a trace amount of unchelated manganese is disclosed. The composition has a marked contrasting effect in MRI without causing harm to a living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Meiji Milk Products Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Kikuhei Tateno, Tamotsu Kuwata, Yoshiro Yamamoto, Kumiko Hiraishi, Osamu Fujita, Isamu Narabayashi
  • Desalted whey containing non-protein nitrogen and process for producing the same
    Patent number: 5489445
    Abstract: Whey or whey concentrate is adsorbed on an ion-exchange resin and non-protein nitrogen (NPN) is selectively desorbed by the use of whey or whey concentrate or eluent, thereby whey, whey concentrate or solution with sodium of a low content and with NPN of a high content being obtained efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Meiji Milk Products Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeko Suido, Hatsumi Hama, Toshitaka Kobayashi
  • Plasmid pBUL1 derived from a lactobacillus and derivatives thereof
    Patent number: 5426047
    Abstract: Disclosed are the plasmid pBUL1 having a restriction endonuclease cleavage map as shown in FIG. 1 and having a length of about 7.9 kbp and its derivatives.The plasmid was isolated from Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus M-878.The plasmid is useful as a vector for breeding various microorganisms such as lactic acid bacteria, and the derivatives thereof are useful also as a shuttle vector (lactic acid bacteria--Escherichia coli).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: Meiji Milk Products Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ito, Yasuko Sasaki, Takashi Sasaki