Patents by Inventor Asako Mitani

Asako Mitani 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 inhibitory effect on damp-dry malodor
    Patent number: 9809861
    Abstract: A method of evaluating inhibitory effect on damp-dry malodor, containing the steps of: bringing microorganisms which produce damp-dry malodor-causing substances and a test substance into contact with each other in the presence of a sebaceous dirt component; detecting expression of at least one kind of gene selected from a fatty acid desaturase gene and a ? oxidation-related enzyme gene derived from the microorganisms; and thereby evaluating a damp-dry malodor inhibitory function of the test substance based on a change in expression amount of the at least one kind of gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Mitani, Hiromi Kubota, Yu Niwano, Kohei Takeuchi, Atsushi Tanaka, Noriko Yamaguchi
  • WHEAT BRAN-CONTAINING PROCESSED FOOD
    Publication number: 20170127713
    Abstract: A wheat bran-containing processed food, containing: insoluble dietary fibers; ferulic acid; and p-coumaric acid; wherein the content of the ferulic acid is 0.035 to 0.16 mass part, with respect to 100 mass parts of the content of the insoluble dietary fibers; and wherein the content of the p-coumaric acid is 0.004 to 0.06 mass part, with respect to 100 mass parts of the content of the insoluble dietary fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Asako MITANI, Mioto SATO
  • Method of Evaluating Inhibitory Effect on Damp-Dry Malodor
    Publication number: 20150031041
    Abstract: A method of evaluating inhibitory effect on damp-dry malodor, containing the steps of: bringing microorganisms which produce damp-dry malodor-causing substances and a test substance into contact with each other in the presence of a sebaceous dirt component; detecting expression of at least one kind of gene selected from a fatty acid desaturase gene and a ? oxidation-related enzyme gene derived from the microorganisms; and thereby evaluating a damp-dry malodor inhibitory function of the test substance based on a change in expression amount of the at least one kind of gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Mitani, Hiromi Kubota, Yu Niwano, Kohei Takeuchi, Atsushi Tanaka, Noriko Yamaguchi
  • Method of screening for a damp-dry malodor inhibitor and method of evaluating damp-dry malodor inhibitor by microbial production of 4-methyl-3-hexenoic acid
    Patent number: 8771660
    Abstract: A method of screening a damp-dry malodor inhibitor, containing the steps of: bringing microorganisms having a 4-methyl-3-hexenoic acid production capacity into contact with a test substance in the presence of a sebaceous dirt component, detecting the production of a damp-dry malodor-causing substance by the microorganisms, and thereby selecting a test substance having a damp-dry malodor inhibitory function; and a method of evaluating a damp-dry malodor inhibitor, containing the steps of: bringing microorganisms having a 4-methyl-3-hexenoic acid production capacity into contact with a test substance in the presence of a sebaceous dirt component, detecting the production of a damp-dry malodor-causing substance by the microorganisms, and thereby evaluating the damp-dry malodor inhibitory function of the test substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Mitani, Hiromi Kubota, Yu Niwano, Kohei Takeuchi, Atsushi Tanaka, Noriko Yamaguchi
  • Method of Screening Damp-Dry Malodor Inhibitor and Method of Evaluating Damp-Dry Malodor Inhibitor
    Publication number: 20130210061
    Abstract: A method of screening a damp-dry malodor inhibitor, containing the steps of: bringing microorganisms having a 4-methyl-3-hexenoic acid production capacity into contact with a test substance in the presence of a sebaceous dirt component, detecting the production of a damp-dry malodor-causing substance by the microorganisms, and thereby selecting a test substance having a damp-dry malodor inhibitory function; and a method of evaluating a damp-dry malodor inhibitor, containing the steps of: bringing microorganisms having a 4-methyl-3-hexenoic acid production capacity into contact with a test substance in the presence of a sebaceous dirt component, detecting the production of a damp-dry malodor-causing substance by the microorganisms, and thereby evaluating the damp-dry malodor inhibitory function of the test substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Asako Mitani, Hiromi Kubota, Yu Niwano, Kohei Takeuchi, Atsushi Tanaka, Noriko Yamaguchi