Patents by Inventor Katuichi Noguchi

Katuichi Noguchi 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).

  • Tobacco product containing a thermo-gelable .beta.-1,3-glucan-type polysaccharide
    Patent number: 4109663
    Abstract: A smoking tobacco product, which is produced by incorporating in smoking material a thermo-gelable .beta.-1,3-glucan-type polysaccharide, either as the sole smoking material or as its partial replacement, has improved smoking characteristics such as flavor, taste and irritability, and its smoking material has improved physical properties such as thickness, wet-proof qualities, tensile strength, elongation and filling capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1978
    Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Maeda, Katuichi Noguchi, Masuo Kawabata, Shigehiko Sato, Yukio Sato