Patents by Inventor Akayo Ito

Akayo Ito 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).

  • Slowly digestible, sustained-type energy supplying agent
    Patent number: 10702545
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbohydrate-derived energy supplying agent having slow digestibility and sustained digestibility functions. According to the present invention, there is provided a slowly digestible, sustained-type energy supplying agent comprising a saccharide composition which satisfies the following (A), (B), (C), and (D): (A) a percentage of ?-1,6 bonds relative to all glycosidic bonds is 60% or more; (B) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization of 1 and 2 relative to all saccharides is 9 mass % or less; (C) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization within a range of 3 to 30 relative to all saccharides is 41 mass % or more; and (D) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization of 31 or more relative to all saccharides is 50 mass % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: NIHON SHOKUHIN CO., LTD., MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Aizawa, Kazuki Sekikya, Takahisa Iizuka, Hiroki Takagi, Masayasu Takada, Koichi Ogawa, Hirofumi Sonoki, Akayo Ito, Eri Kokubo
  • SLOWLY DIGESTIBLE, SUSTAINED-TYPE ENERGY SUPPLYING AGENT
    Publication number: 20170304353
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbohydrate-derived energy supplying agent having slow digestibility and sustained digestibility functions. According to the present invention, there is provided a slowly digestible, sustained-type energy supplying agent comprising a saccharide composition which satisfies the following (A), (B), (C), and (D): (A) a percentage of ?-1,6 bonds relative to all glycosidic bonds is 60% or more; (B) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization of 1 and 2 relative to all saccharides is 9 mass % or less; (C) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization within a range of 3 to 30 relative to all saccharides is 41 mass % or more; and (D) a content of saccharides having a degree of polymerization of 31 or more relative to all saccharides is 50 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kenta Aizawa, Kazuki Sekikya, Takahisa Iizuka, Hiroki Takagi, Masayasu Takada, Koichi Ogawa, Hirofumi Sonoki, Akayo Ito, Eri Kokubo