Patents by Inventor Kohsuke Matsumoto

Kohsuke Matsumoto 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).

  • Patent number: 7718209
    Abstract: A low common salt soy sauce, which has good flavor, significantly suppresses elevation of blood pressure, prevents cardiac hypertrophy, and is also available as special nutritious food, is obtained. 1.0% to 10.0% by weight of potassium chloride and 0.1% to 5.0% by weight of ?-aminobutyric acid are added to a reduced common salt soy sauce, so as to obtain a low common salt soy sauce of issue. Otherwise, a KCl-containing low common slat soy sauce is obtained by: (1) a common production method of soy sauce, in which a mixed solution consisting of KCl and common salt is used as mother water; (2) a method of subjecting a soy sauce obtained using saline solution as mother water to electrodialysis, a membrane treatment, or the like, so as to eliminate common salt from the above soy sauce, and then adding KCl thereto; or other methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Kikkoman Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yamakoshi, Kohsuke Matsumoto, Makoto Saito, Hitomi Aota, Takeharu Nakahara, Satoshi Fukuda, Tetsuya Oguma, Norikazu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20080057174
    Abstract: A low common salt soy sauce, which has good flavor, significantly suppresses elevation of blood pressure, prevents cardiac hypertrophy, and is also available as special nutritious food, is obtained. 1.0% to 10.0% by weight of potassium chloride and 0.1% to 5.0% by weight of ?-aminobutyric acid are added to a reduced common salt soy sauce, so as to obtain a low common salt soy sauce of issue. Otherwise, a KCl-containing low common salt soy sauce is obtained by: (1) a common production method of soy sauce, in which a mixed solution consisting of KCl and common salt is used as mother water; (2) a method of subjecting a soy sauce obtained using saline solution as mother water to electrodialysis, a membrane treatment, or the like, so as to eliminate common salt from the above soy sauce, and then adding KCl thereto; or other methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Kikkoman Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yamakoshi, Kohsuke Matsumoto, Makoto Saito, Hitomi Aota, Takeharu Nakahara, Satoshi Fukuda, Tetsuya Oguma, Norikazu Fujii