Patents by Inventor Etsuko Homma

Etsuko Homma 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 for production of baked, fried or steamed goods
    Patent number: 6589582
    Abstract: Baked, fried or steamed goods or foodstuffs exerting wheat flour's specific flavor and taste and having a unique flavor can be made characteristically through a process comprising a first step of preparing first a basic dough by mixing wheat flour and water and kneading the mixture under heating to give a basic dough having a temperature of around 55 to 98° C., an additional step of preparing a finished dough by mixing the basic dough, wheat flour and auxiliary materials containing yeast and subsequently kneading the mixture, and a last step of subjecting the finished dough to fermentation and subsequently baking, frying or steaming the fermented dough into baked, fried or steamed goods or foodstuffs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Okumoto Flour Milling Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohiko Saito, Norihiro Kanaya, Etsuko Homma, Shuichi Murata
  • Method for production of baked, fried or steamed goods
    Publication number: 20020031575
    Abstract: Baked, fried or steamed goods or foodstuffs exerting wheat flour's specific flavor and taste and having a unique flavor can be made characteristically through a process comprising a first step of preparing first a basic dough by mixing wheat flour and water and kneading the mixture under heating to give a basic dough having a temperature of around 55 to 98° C., an additional step of preparing a finished dough by mixing the basic dough, wheat flour and auxiliary materials containing yeast and subsequently kneading the mixture, and a last step of subjecting the finished dough to fermentation and subsequently baking, frying or steaming the fermented dough into baked, fried or steamed goods or foodstuffs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Hirohiko Saito, Norihiro Kanaya, Etsuko Homma