Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Miyamura

Hideyuki Miyamura 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).

  • Flour blends for deep fried foods, steamed Chinese manju, dough sheets, okonomi-yaki, and takoyaki
    Patent number: 6139894
    Abstract: Flour blends which contain waxy wheat flour and which are suitable for the preparation of deep fried foods, steamed Chinese manju, dough sheets, okonomi-yaki, and takoyaki are described. These flour blends make it possible to obtain foods which have excellent texture and flavor when consumed immediately after preparation or after being heated or thawed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignees: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, National Agricultural Experiment Station, Nisshin Flour Milling Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuguhiro Hoshino, Ryo Yoshikawa, Seiji Ito, Koichi Hatta, Toshiki Nakamura, Makoto Yamamori, Hideyuki Miyamura, Yuki Murayama, Yoshiko Kawamura, Katsuyuki Hayakawa, Keiko Tanaka, Seiji Tago, Shinji Ishigami, Masakazu Mizukami, Yasuhiro Tanaka
  • Steamed wheat flour for fry-cooking which is suitable for use in reheating in a microwave oven and production process thereof
    Patent number: 5874122
    Abstract: A steamed wheat flour for use in the fried good to be reheated in an microwave oven contains starch not substantially converted into alpha starch, and has a gluten vitality of 0.80 to 0.92 based on that of untreated wheat flour and a gluten swelling power of 1.05 to 1.55 based on that of untreated wheat flour. A process for producing steamed wheat flour for fry-cooking, which comprises steaming wheat flour in a closed type high-speed agitator under pressure with saturated steam and under conditions of a residence time of 2-20 sec and a product temperature higher than 80.degree. C. but not higher than 92.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Nisshin Flour Milling Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Ueki, Hirofumi Motoi, Hideyuki Miyamura, Hirofumi Sori, Futoshi Hirasawa