Patents by Inventor Kaoru Tochiya

Kaoru Tochiya 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 PROMOTING GROWTH OF BACTERIA OF GENUS BIFIDOBACTERIUM
    Publication number: 20220356439
    Abstract: Provided a method for promoting growth of bacteria of the genus Bifidobacterium. The method for promoting growth of bacteria of the genus Bifidobacterium includes subjecting a milk culture medium containing one or more selected from the group consisting of cysteine, cystine, and a salt thereof to heat treatment and then culturing bacteria of the genus Bifidobacterium in the milk culture medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Kosuke KATO, Kaoru TOCHIYA, Takekazu OKUMURA
  • Prophylactic or therapeutic agent for oral diseases
    Patent number: 9730883
    Abstract: Provided is a novel lactic acid bacterium strain which is capable of suppressing production of volatile sulfur compounds by oral bacteria, has no cariogenicity and no causative role in infective endocarditis, and is safe in an oral cavity, and provided is an agent for preventing, improving and/or treating oral diseases and discomforts by use of the bacterial strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Takekazu Okumura, Tomohiko Terai, Masumi Nakao, Kimiyuki Kaneko, Masahiko Ito, Kouji Miyazaki, Kazuaki Yamaji, Kaoru Tochiya, Nobuhiro Hanada, Susumu Imai, Yoshiaki Nomura, Shunsuke Baba
  • PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR ORAL DISEASES
    Publication number: 20140178313
    Abstract: Provided is a novel lactic acid bacterium strain which is capable of suppressing production of volatile sulfur compounds by oral bacteria, has no cariogenicity and no causative role in infective endocarditis, and is safe in an oral cavity, and provided is an agent for preventing, improving and/or treating oral diseases and discomforts by use of the bacterial strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Takekazu Okumura, Tomohiko Terai, Masumi Nakao, Kimiyuki Kaneko, Masahiko Ito, Kouji Miyazaki, Kazuaki Yamaji, Kaoru Tochiya, Nobuhiro Hanada, Susumu Imai, Yoshiaki Nomura, Shunsuke Baba