Patents by Inventor Hide Osawa

Hide Osawa 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 stably fixing aromatic coffee substance
    Patent number: 4820543
    Abstract: A method for fixing an aromatic coffee substance by means of encapsulation is described using a medium chain triglyceride wherein the fatty acid portion consists of a fatty acid having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms. The method comprises mixing or homogenizing an oleaginous solution of an aromatic coffee substance with an aqueous solution to form an emulsion, extruding said emulsion, forming an encapsulated slurry and drying said slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: Hide Osawa
  • Method of stabilizing coffee extract solution
    Patent number: 4798732
    Abstract: A method of stablizing coffee extract solution is described by adding to the coffee extract solution a water extract from powdered raw coffee beans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Assignee: Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: Hide Osawa
  • Sweetener composition, process for making the same, and comestibles comprising said sweetener composition
    Patent number: 4556565
    Abstract: An improved sugarless chewing gum containing a sweetener composition of APM, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate and/or hydrogenated maltose and a sugar alcohol wherein the chewing gum base excludes calcium carbonate and talc, and includes microcrystalline cellulose in lieu thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1985
    Inventors: Tetsuo Arima, Akio Kawamoto, Hide Osawa