Patents by Inventor Gou Shinohara

Gou Shinohara 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).

  • Agent for improving bone metabolism
    Patent number: 7579374
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improver for bone metabolism comprising one or at least two of chain isoprenoid fatty acid esters and preferably to an improver for bone metabolism whose improving effect is ascribable to the bone absorption-inhibitory action and/or the bone formation-promoting action of the esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gou Shinohara, Kin-ya Tsuchiya, Katsuaki Yamanouchi, Toshiyuki Inui
  • Method for preparing oil and fat compositions comprising oleanolic acid and/or maslinic acid
    Publication number: 20040185157
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for industrially efficiently preparing an oil and fat composition containing oleanolic acid, maslinic acid, physiologically acceptable salts thereof and derivatives thereof, wherein the method comprises the step of extracting olive plants and/or a by-product obtained in an olive oil-manufacturing process with an organic solvent or a water-containing organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Kuno, Gou Shinohara
  • Feeds and fertilizers containing pentacyclic triterpenes
    Publication number: 20040175447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a feed, a fertilizer, a melanogenesis-inhibitory agent for animals and plants and a blackening/browning-inhibitory composition for animals and plants, each comprising, as an effective component, at least one member selected from the group consisting of pentacyclic triterpenes, physiologically acceptable salts thereof and derivatives thereof, which have an excellent melanogenesis-inhibitory effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Murano, Gou Shinohara, Noriyasu Kuno
  • Method for the preparation of oleanolic acid and/or maslinic acid
    Patent number: 6740778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing oleanolic acid and/or maslinic acid and physiologically acceptable salts thereof, which comprises the steps of extracting olive plant and/or products obtained in the olive oil-manufacturing processes with water and/or an organic solvent and then concentrating and/or fractionating/purifying the resulting extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: The Nisshin Oillio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Kuno, Gou Shinohara
  • Foods and beverages for whitening and orally administered whitening agents
    Publication number: 20040086553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a food or beverage comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of 5-membered ring-containing triterpenes and physiologically acceptable salts or derivatives thereof. The present invention also relates to an orally administered whitening agent comprising, as an effective component, at least one member selected from the group consisting of 5-membered ring-containing triterpenes and physiologically acceptable salts or derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gou Shinohara, Noriyasu Kuno
  • Agent for improving bone metabolism
    Publication number: 20040058995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improver for bone metabolism comprising one or at least two of chain isoprenoid fatty acid esters and preferably to an improver for bone metabolism whose improving effect is ascribable to the bone absorption-inhibitory action and/or the bone formation-promoting action of the esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: The Nisshin Oillio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gou Shinohara, Kin-Ya Tsuchiya, Katsuaki Yamanouchi, Toshiyuki Inui
  • Method for the preparation of oleanolic acid and/or maslinic acid
    Publication number: 20030171613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing oleanolic acid and/or maslinic acid and physiologically acceptable salts thereof, which comprises the steps of extracting olive plant and/or products obtained in the olive oil-manufacturing processes with water and/or an organic solvent and then concentrating and/or fractionating/purifying the resulting extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: The Nisshin Oillio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Kuno, Gou Shinohara
  • Antitumor agent
    Publication number: 20030153538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antitumor agent, which comprises, as an effective component, a compound selected from the group consisting of maslinic acid, erythrodiol, uvaol, betulinic acid, betulin and physiologically acceptable salts thereof or derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Kuno, Gou Shinohara, Toshiyuki Inui
  • External agent for the skin and whitening agent
    Publication number: 20030133958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an external agent for the skin comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of maslinic acid, erythrodiol, uvaol, betulinic acid, betulin, physiologically acceptable salts thereof and derivatives thereof
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Noriyasu Kuno, Gou Shinohara