Patents by Inventor Harumichi Seta

Harumichi Seta 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 PRODUCING ROASTED COFFEE BEANS AND ROASTED COFFEE BEANS
    Publication number: 20230248013
    Abstract: Provided is a novel roasting method that is effective for improving the flavor of roasted coffee beans. The present invention provides a method for producing roasted coffee beans, including a step of roasting coffee beans, wherein a ratio of lightness (lightness ratio) of the coffee beans is 0.65 or more, and a temperature increasing rate of a roasting temperature is retained at -0.15° C./second to 0.15° C./second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomonori Suzuki, Takao Takahashi, Morio Mitsuhashi, Koichiro Yamada, Harumichi Seta
  • Coffee beans with high fatty acid methyl ester content and method of making same
    Patent number: 11206848
    Abstract: Coffee beans having an increased flavor component, a method for increasing a flavor component in coffee beans, and a method for evaluating coffee beans are provided. A fatty acid methyl ester content of coffee beans is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Keiko Iwasa, Koichi Nakahara, Harumichi Seta
  • COFFEE BEANS WITH HIGH FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER CONTENT
    Publication number: 20190223463
    Abstract: Coffee beans having an increased flavor component, a method for increasing a flavor component in coffee beans, and a method for evaluating coffee beans are provided. A fatty acid methyl ester content of coffee beans is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Keiko IWASA, Koichi NAKAHARA, Harumichi SETA
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBONATED BEVERAGES
    Publication number: 20100260914
    Abstract: An object is to provide a carbonated beverage having new quality characteristics, such as improved retention of carbon dioxide and palatable feeling of fine bubbles in drinking, and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides a method for producing a carbonated beverage, the method comprising feeding carbon dioxide into liquid for beverage use by means for generating fine bubbles of carbon dioxide in a pressure vessel, and carbonated beverages produced by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Harumichi Seta, Hitoshi Matsubara, Yuki Katayama