Patents by Inventor Hidetaka Uehara
Hidetaka Uehara 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).
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Patent number: 11292989Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a powdered fat and/or oil composition, a food containing the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and methods for producing these. Specifically, provided are a fat and/or oil composition containing 65 to 99% by mass of a XXX triglyceride and 35 to 1% by mass of X2Y triglycerides, a powdered fat and/or oil composition obtained from the fat and/or oil composition, a food containing the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and methods for producing these.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.Inventors: Kiyomi Oonishi, Tomohiro Aibara, Noriko Murayama, Muneo Tsukiyama, Seiya Takeguchi, Hidetaka Uehara, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Hirofumi Denda
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Patent number: 11246322Abstract: Provided is means of thickening a liquid component, wherein the thickener contains an oil and/or fat composition, the oil and/or fat composition contains an oil and/or fat component containing one or more types of XXX-type triglycerides having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 of glycerin, x, the number of carbon atoms, is an integer selected from 10 to 22, and the XXX-type triglyceride is contained at 50% by mass or more relative to a content of the oil and/or fat component being 100% by mass; or the thickener, wherein the oil and/or fat composition is a powder oil and/or fat composition having a loose bulk density of 0.05 to 0.6 g/cm3, the oil and/or fat component contains a 3-type oil and/or fat, and a particle of the powder oil and/or fat composition has a plate shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.Inventors: Yutaro Kataoka, Seiya Takeguchi, Tetsuro Iwasawa, Shin Arimoto, Hidetaka Uehara
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Patent number: 11241020Abstract: Provided is means of powderizing a liquid component, wherein the powderizing agent contains an oil and/or fat composition, the oil and/or fat composition contains an oil and/or fat component which contains one or more types of XXX-type triglycerides having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 of glycerin, x, the number of carbon atoms, is an integer selected from 10 to 22, and the XXX-type triglyceride is contained at 50% by mass or more relative to a content of the oil and/or fat component being 100% by mass; or the powderizing agent, wherein the oil and/or fat composition is a powder oil and/or fat composition having a loose bulk density of 0.05 to 0.6 g/cm3, the oil and/or fat component contains a ?-type oil and/or fat, and a particle of the powder oil and/or fat composition has a plate shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.Inventors: Yutaro Kataoka, Seiya Takeguchi, Tetsuro Iwasawa, Shin Arimoto, Hidetaka Uehara
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Patent number: 11220654Abstract: Provided is means of powderizing a liquid component, wherein the powderizing agent contains an oil and/or fat composition, and when a total triglyceride content is set to 100% by mass, the oil and/or fat composition contains 65 to 99% by mass of one or more types of XXX-type triglycerides having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 and 35 to 1% by mass of one or more types of X2Y-type triglycerides each having a fatty acid residue Y with y carbon atoms in place of one of the fatty acid residues X of the XXX-type triglyceride, x, the number of carbon atoms, is an integer selected from 8 to 20, and y, the number of carbon atoms, is each independently an integer selected from x+2 to x+12 and satisfies y?22.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.Inventors: Seiya Takeguchi, Yutaro Kataoka, Tetsuro Iwasawa, Shin Arimoto, Hidetaka Uehara
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Patent number: 11219224Abstract: Provided is means of thickening a liquid component, wherein the thickener contains an oil and/or fat composition, and when a total triglyceride content is set to 100% by mass, the oil and/or fat composition contains 65 to 99% by mass of one or more types of XXX-type triglycerides having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 and 35 to 1% by mass of one or more types of X2Y-type triglycerides each having a fatty acid residue Y with y carbon atoms in place of one of the fatty acid residues X of the XXX-type triglyceride, x, the number of carbon atoms, is an integer selected from 8 to 20, and y, the number of carbon atoms, is each independently an integer selected from x+2 to x+12 and satisfies y?22.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.Inventors: Seiya Takeguchi, Yutaro Kataoka, Tetsuro Iwasawa, Shin Arimoto, Hidetaka Uehara
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Patent number: 11147285Abstract: Provided are a powdered fat and/or oil composition, a fat and/or oil composition for producing the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and methods for producing these; a food containing the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and a method for producing the food; an adhesive and a coating which contain the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and methods for producing the adhesive and the coating. The powdered fat and/or oil composition contains a fat and/or oil ingredient containing a XXX triglyceride. At least a portion of the fat and/or oil ingredient is a ?-form fat and/or oil, particles of the powdered fat and/or oil composition have a plate-like shape, and the powdered fat and/or oil composition has a loose bulk density of 0.05 to 0.6 g/cm3. The method produces a composition containing a ?-form fat and/or oil whose particles have a plate-like shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.Inventors: Yutaro Kataoka, Seiya Takeguchi, Tetsuro Iwasawa, Shin Arimoto, Hidetaka Uehara, Tomohiro Aibara
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Publication number: 20200329728Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] Provision of an oily confectionery having an excellent melting feeling in the mouth even when eaten in a frozen state. [Means to Solve the Problem] The oily confectionery containing oils and fats according to the present invention contains as the oils and fats, more than 60% by mass and 94.5% by mass or less of a medium chain triacylglycerol and 5% by mass or more and less than 40% by mass of a laurin-based fat.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Kiyomi Oonishi, Iwao Hachiya, Wakako Hatanaka, Hidetaka Uehara, Runli Li, Akiko Ishida
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Publication number: 20190029283Abstract: Provided is means of thickening a liquid component, wherein the thickener contains an oil and/or fat composition, the oil and/or fat composition contains an oil and/or fat component containing one or more types of XXX-type triglycerides having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 of glycerin, x, the number of carbon atoms, is an integer selected from 10 to 22, and the XXX-type triglyceride is contained at 50% by mass or more relative to a content of the oil and/or fat component being 100% by mass; or the thickener, wherein the oil and/or fat composition is a powder oil and/or fat composition having a loose bulk density of 0.05 to 0.6 g/cm3, the oil and/or fat component contains a 3-type oil and/or fat, and a particle of the powder oil and/or fat composition has a plate shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.Inventors: Yutaro Kataoka, Seiya Takeguchi, Tetsuro Iwasawa, Shin Arimoto, Hidetaka Uehara
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Publication number: 20190031976Abstract: Provided is means of powderizing a liquid component, wherein the powderizing agent contains an oil and/or fat composition, and when a total triglyceride content is set to 100% by mass, the oil and/or fat composition contains 65 to 99% by mass of one or more types of XXX-type triglycerides having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 and 35 to 1% by mass of one or more types of X2Y-type triglycerides each having a fatty acid residue Y with y carbon atoms in place of one of the fatty acid residues X of the XXX-type triglyceride, x, the number of carbon atoms, is an integer selected from 8 to 20, and y, the number of carbon atoms, is each independently an integer selected from x+2 to x+12 and satisfies y?22.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.Inventors: Seiya Takeguchi, Yutaro Kataoka, Tetsuro Iwasawa, Shin Arimoto, Hidetaka Uehara
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Publication number: 20190021355Abstract: Provided is means of thickening a liquid component, wherein the thickener contains an oil and/or fat composition, and when a total triglyceride content is set to 100% by mass, the oil and/or fat composition contains 65 to 99% by mass of one or more types of XXX-type triglycerides having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 and 35 to 1% by mass of one or more types of X2Y-type triglycerides each having a fatty acid residue Y with y carbon atoms in place of one of the fatty acid residues X of the XXX-type triglyceride, x, the number of carbon atoms, is an integer selected from 8 to 20, and y, the number of carbon atoms, is each independently an integer selected from x+2 to x+12 and satisfies y?22.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.Inventors: Seiya Takeguchi, Yutaro Kataoka, Tetsuro Iwasawa, Shin Arimoto, Hidetaka Uehara
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Publication number: 20190021359Abstract: Provided is means of powderizing a liquid component, wherein the powderizing agent contains an oil and/or fat composition, the oil and/or fat composition contains an oil and/or fat component which contains one or more types of XXX-type triglycerides having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 of glycerin, x, the number of carbon atoms, is an integer selected from 10 to 22, and the XXX-type triglyceride is contained at 50% by mass or more relative to a content of the oil and/or fat component being 100% by mass; or the powderizing agent, wherein the oil and/or fat composition is a powder oil and/or fat composition having a loose bulk density of 0.05 to 0.6 g/cm3, the oil and/or fat component contains a ?-type oil and/or fat, and a particle of the powder oil and/or fat composition has a plate shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.Inventors: Yutaro Kataoka, Seiya Takeguchi, Tetsuro Iwasawa, Shin Arimoto, Hidetaka Uehara
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Publication number: 20180249729Abstract: Provided are a powdered fat and/or oil composition, a fat and/or oil composition for producing the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and methods for producing these; a food containing the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and a method for producing the food; an adhesive and a coating which contain the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and methods for producing the adhesive and the coating. The powdered fat and/or oil composition contains a fat and/or oil ingredient containing a XXX triglyceride. At least a portion of the fat and/or oil ingredient is a ?-form fat and/or oil, particles of the powdered fat and/or oil composition have a plate-like shape, and the powdered fat and/or oil composition has a loose bulk density of 0.05 to 0.6 g/cm3. The method produces a composition containing a ?-form fat and/or oil whose particles have a plate-like shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.Inventors: Yutaro KATAOKA, Seiya TAKEGUCHI, Tetsuro IWASAWA, Shin ARIMOTO, Hidetaka UEHARA, Tomohiro AIBARA
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Publication number: 20180064128Abstract: Oils and fats containing 10 to 80 mass % of 1,3-distearoyl-2-oleoylglycerol (SOS) and including a triple chain length ?-type SOS crystal are provided. In the measurement of the X-ray diffraction of the triple chain length ?-type SOS crystal, the diffraction peak A corresponding to spacing of 3.95 to 4.05 ?, the diffraction peak B corresponding to spacing of 3.80 to 3.95 ?, the diffraction peak C corresponding to spacing of 3.70 to 3.80 ?, and the diffraction peak D corresponding to spacing of 3.60 to 3.70 ? are observed. The ratio of the diffraction intensity of the diffraction peak C to the diffraction intensity of the diffraction peak D is 0.35 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.Inventors: Chie ARAI, Seiya TAKEGUCHI, Masato TAKABA, Hidetaka UEHARA
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Patent number: 9896703Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method in which a fat and/or oil is produced by a transesterification reaction using a lipase. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for producing a transesterified fat and/or oil, comprising: (1) a low-temperature clay treatment step of bringing a fat and/or oil and a clay into contact with each other at 30 to 80° C. to obtain a reaction substrate; and (2) a step of subjecting the reaction substrate to a transesterification reaction in the presence of a lipase-containing composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.Inventors: Yousuke Nakamura, Yuto Nakazawa, Yuko Toyama, Yoshie Yamauchi, Hidetaka Uehara
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Publication number: 20180042259Abstract: Provided is a powdered fat and/or oil composition for chocolate, containing a fat and/or oil composition in a powder form wherein the fat and/or oil composition contains: 65 to 99% by mass of a XXX triglyceride having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3; and 35 to 1% by mass of one or more types of X2Y triglycerides each having a fatty acid residue Y with y carbon atoms in place of one of the fatty acid residues X of the XXX triglyceride, provided that a total triglyceride content is 100% by mass, where x number of carbon atoms is an integer selected from 8 to 20, and y number of carbon atoms is each independently an integer selected from x+2 to x+12 and satisfying y?22.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.Inventors: Kiyomi OONISHI, Tomohiro AIBARA, Muneo TSUKIYAMA, Seiya TAKEGUCHI, Hidetaka UEHARA
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Publication number: 20180035688Abstract: Provided is a powdered chocolate containing a fat and/or oil composition in a powder form wherein the fat and/or oil composition contains: 65 to 99% by mass of a XXX triglyceride having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3; and 35 to 1% by mass of one or more types of X2Y triglycerides each having a fatty acid residue Y with y carbon atoms in place of one of the fatty acid residues X of the XXX triglyceride, provided that a total triglyceride content is 100% by mass, where x number of carbon atoms is an integer selected from 8 to 20, and y number of carbon atoms is each independently an integer selected from x+2 to x+12 and satisfying y?22.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.Inventors: Kiyomi OONISHI, Noriko MURAYAMA, Muneo TSUKIYAMA, Seiya TAKEGUCHI, Hidetaka UEHARA
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Publication number: 20180027856Abstract: A food product capable of providing a cool feeling inside the mouth when eaten; a production method of the food product; and a method for providing a cool feeling in a variety of food products. The food product has a cool feeling and containing 0.1%-99% by mass tricaprin relative to the total mass of the food product including the tricaprin. This food product may be a cake, bread, cookies, fish paste products, chocolate, powdered chocolate, or cream.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Hiroko NAKAHARA, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Koichi KUBOTA, Naoto KATAOKA, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI, Toru TODA, Kiyomi OONISHI, Noriko MURAYAMA, Tomohiro AIBARA, Muneo TSUKIYAMA, Seiya TAKEGUCHI, Hidetaka UEHARA
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Publication number: 20180014566Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide oils and fats which include constituent fatty acids containing a large amount of n-decanoic acid, scarcely cause discomfort when ingested, and have excellent cold resistance. The present invention provides oils and fats, in which the content of tridecanoin is 30% by mass or less, the content of medium chain fatty acids contained in the constituent fatty acids is 65 to 95% by mass, and the content of n-decanoic acid contained in the medium chain fatty acids is 50% by mass or more. Furthermore, the present invention provides oils and fats in which the content of unsaturated fatty acids contained in the constituent fatty acids of the oils and fats is 3 to 35% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.Inventors: Muneo TSUKIYAMA, Seiya TAKEGUCHI, Yoshiyuki HATANO, Hidetaka UEHARA
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Publication number: 20170208829Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a powdered fat and/or oil composition, a food containing the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and methods for producing these. Specifically, provided are a fat and/or oil composition containing 65 to 99% by mass of a XXX triglyceride and 35 to 1% by mass of X2Y triglycerides, a powdered fat and/or oil composition obtained from the fat and/or oil composition, a food containing the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and methods for producing these.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2015Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.Inventors: Kiyomi OONISHI, Tomohiro AIBARA, Noriko MURAYAMA, Muneo TSUKIYAMA, Seiya TAKEGUCHI, Hidetaka UEHARA, Tatsuya KOBAYASHI, Hirofumi DENDA
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Publication number: 20150299747Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method in which a fat and/or oil is produced by a transesterification reaction using a lipase. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for producing a transesterified fat and/or oil, comprising: (1) a low-temperature clay treatment step of bringing a fat and/or oil and a clay into contact with each other at 30 to 80° C. to obtain a reaction substrate; and (2) a step of subjecting the reaction substrate to a transesterification reaction in the presence of a lipase-containing composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Yousuke NAKAMURA, Yuto NAKAZAWA, Yuko TOYAMA, Yoshie YAMAUCHI, Hidetaka UEHARA