Patents by Inventor Akemi Morimoto

Akemi Morimoto 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 producing L-arabinose, L-arabinose-containing enzymatically processed products, diet foods, diabetic diet foods and fruit or vegetable juices and process for producing the same
    Patent number: 6632448
    Abstract: Processes for conveniently and economically producing L-arabinose, enzyme-treated products containing L-arabinose, diet foods and diabetic foods containing L-arabinose with dietary fiber, and fruit or vegetable juices containing L-arabinose are provided. (1) A process for producing L-arabinose by treating a natural material containing arabinan, arabinoxylan or arabinogalactan with an enzyme having an activity of acting on natural substances containing arabinan, arabinoxylan or arabinogalactan and thus releasing L-arabinose to give L-arabinose, characterized in that the above-described natural substance is directly treated with the above-described enzyme without separating or extracting arabinan, arabinoxylan or arabinogalactan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Tanaka, Genichi Yoshikawa, Katsuyuki Mukai, Yosihiro Nisikawa, Akemi Morimoto
  • Process for producing l-arabinose, l-arabinose-containing enzymatically processed products, diet foods, diabetic diet foods and fruit or vegetable juices and process for producting the same
    Publication number: 20030040489
    Abstract: Processes for conveniently and economically producing L-arabinose, enzyme-treated products containing L-arabinose, diet foods and diabetic foods containing L-arabinose with dietary fiber, and fruit or vegetable juices containing L-arabinose are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Hiromi Tanaka, Genichi Yoshikawa, Katsuyuki Mukai, Yosihiro Nisikawa, Akemi Morimoto
  • Mannose-containing feed and process for producing the same
    Patent number: 6080442
    Abstract: Mannose-containing copra meal characterized in that mannose in the copra meal has been degraded in whole or in part to mannose, a process for producing such copra meal and a mannose-containing feed which contains the mannose-containing copra meal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Genichi Yoshikawa, Akemi Morimoto, Munehiko Dombo