Patents by Inventor Katsura Funayama

Katsura Funayama 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).

  • Marine algae extract and glycosidase inhibitor containing the same
    Publication number: 20070122493
    Abstract: A glycosidase inhibitor comprising as an active ingredient an extract of Ascophyllum nodosum which is a kind of brown algae can be used as a useful healthy food or food for specified health uses for the treatment and/or prevention of diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Katsura Funayama, Takashi Kahara, Minoru Tanaka, Mariko Iizuka, Katsumi Ikeda, Junko Yamamoto
  • Marine algae extract and lipase inhibitor containing the same
    Publication number: 20070053929
    Abstract: A lipase inhibitor comprising as an active ingredient an extract of Ascophyllum nodosum which is a kind of brown algae can be used as a useful healthy food or food for specified health uses for the treatment and/or prevention of obesity or hyperlipemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Katsura Funayama, Takashi Kahara, Minoru Tanaka, Mariko Iizuka, Katsumi Ikeda, Junko Yamamoto
  • Angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory substance
    Publication number: 20020076453
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is to produce a peptide with potent the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity by decomposing the protein contained in wakame with protease, using wakame being a food material ingested daily as a raw material, and to provide a safe food composition with hypotensive activity, using the treatment product thereof as a raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: RIKEN VITAMIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Sato, MinoruTakashi Ooba, Akio Kobayashi, Katsura Funayama, Takashi Kahara, Takahisa Nakano