Patents by Inventor Kanako Tsuchiya

Kanako Tsuchiya 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).

  • Taste-improving agent and food or drink containing same
    Patent number: 9247758
    Abstract: Provided is a taste improver that improves or decreases unpleasant bitterness, astringent taste, harsh taste, bitter taste, or the like that results from potassium salts, magnesium salts, calcium salts, and ammonium salts without adversely affecting savoriness of a food or drink. The taste improver includes a vegetable extract and/or a phospholipid. In the taste improver, the aforementioned vegetable extract includes a vegetable-derived glycoside and/or glycoside aglycone. In the taste improver, the aforementioned phospholipid is phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, and/or a lyso form thereof. Arginine is further added to the aforementioned taste improver. Trehalose and/or hydrogenated starch syrup are further added to the taste improver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kanako Tsuchiya, Masashi Shimono, Akiko Ichikawa, Kiminori Sugiyama
  • TASTE-IMPROVING AGENT AND FOOD OR DRINK CONTAINING SAME
    Publication number: 20150125589
    Abstract: Provided is a taste improver that improves or decreases unpleasant bitterness, astringent taste, harsh taste, bitter taste, or the like that results from potassium salts, magnesium salts, calcium salts, and ammonium salts without adversely affecting savoriness of a food or drink. The taste improver includes a vegetable extract and/or a phospholipid. In the taste improver, the aforementioned vegetable extract includes a vegetable-derived glycoside and/or glycoside aglycone. In the taste improver, the aforementioned phospholipid is phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, and/or a lyso form thereof. Arginine is further added to the aforementioned taste improver. Trehalose and/or hydrogenated starch syrup are further added to the taste improver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Kanako Tsuchiya, Masashi Shimono, Akiko Ichikawa, Kiminori Sugiyama