Patents by Inventor Atsushi Okiyama

Atsushi Okiyama 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).

  • Low calorie foodstuff, aqueous paste composition, as well as production process thereof
    Patent number: 5690981
    Abstract: The invention relates to (a) a low calorie foodstuff containing, as a substitute for protein, carbohydrate and/or oil and fat, from 0.7 to 10% by weight, based on the dry weight, of dietary fibers with a size of not greater than 80 .mu.m and a retained water amount of 9 or greater, (b) an aqueous paste-like composition of from 5 to 40% by weight of from spherical to fibrous dietary fibers of not greater than 5 .mu.m of diameter or length, and (c) an aqueous paste-like composition, which contains from 5 to 40% by weight of dietary fibers, the dietary fibers being in the form of gel particles having a particle size of not greater than 80 .mu.m, as well as the production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Watanabe, Hideo Kanoh, Shigeru Yamanaka, Atsushi Okiyama, Takahide Kawanishi
  • Transgultaminase
    Patent number: 5156956
    Abstract: A transglutaminase catalyzing an acyl transfer reaction of a .gamma.-carboxyamide group of a glutamine residue in a peptide or protein chain in the absence of Ca.sup.2+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignees: Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Amano Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Motoki, Atsushi Okiyama, Masahiko Nonaka, Haruo Tanaka, Ryosuke Uchio, Akira Matsuura, Hiroyasu Ando, Koichi Umeda