Patents by Inventor Akimitsu Takagi

Akimitsu Takagi 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).

  • Method of evaluating the extent of reaching the intestine of bifidobacterium in fermented milk food or drink
    Patent number: 7510735
    Abstract: A Bifidobacterium that is resistant to acid and bile and which retains at least 20% viability after acid and bile treatment. Foods and drinks containing an acid- and bile-resistant Bifidobacterium. Methods for providing viable Bifidobacteria to the intestine after ingestion of a food or drink containing an acid- and bile-resistant Bifidobacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Shimakawa, Masaki Serata, Hirokazu Tsuji, Koichiro Sonoike, Akimitsu Takagi, Mika Miura, Fumiyasu Ishikawa
  • Method of evaluating the extent of reaching the intestine of bifidobacterium in fermented milk food or drink
    Publication number: 20040052902
    Abstract: Provided is a method of assessing the extent to which Bifidobacterium bacteria in a Bifidobacterium-bacteria-containing fermented milk food or drink reach the intestines when the food or drink is orally administered to human beings, which comprises subjecting the fermented milk food or drink to successive treatments with an acid and bile, and measuring the bacterial viability after the treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Shimakawa, Masaki Serata, Hirokazu Tsuji, Koichiro Sonoike, Akimitsu Takagi, Mika Miura, Fumiyasu Ishikawa
  • Method of making an interengaging fastener member
    Patent number: 5614232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for forming a fastener member having a base and a plurality of headed stems arranged in columns and rows and projecting from the base. The fastener member is formed by injection molding a molten material into a base mold, sacrificial stem mold and head mold, wherein the material is solidified. After the base mold and head mold are removed, the stem mold may be removed to release the fastener member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
    Inventors: Shinji Torigoe, Jiro Hattori, Akimitsu Takagi
  • Method of making an interengaging fastener member
    Patent number: 5242646
    Abstract: A method of forming a fastener member having a base and a plurality of headed stems arranged in columns and rows and projecting from the base. The fastener member is formed by injection molding a molten material into a base mold, sacrificial stem mold and head mold, wherein the material is solidified. After the base mold and head mold are removed, the stem mold may be destructively removed to release the fastener member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Shinji Torigoe, Jiro Hattori, Akimitsu Takagi