Patents by Inventor Mariko Ishimaru

Mariko Ishimaru 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 producing beer-taste beverage
    Patent number: 10011810
    Abstract: A method for producing a beer-taste beverage characterized in that the method includes adding a hop selected based on hop plant age; and a method for adjusting aroma and taste of a beer-taste beverage, characterized by the use of a hop selected based on hop plant age. According to the present invention, characteristics of aroma and taste attributable from different hops can be made into different ones by using hops of different plant age. In addition, crops of different hop plant age having their own characteristics are properly blended, whereby a beer-taste beverage having preferred characteristics and intensities of aromas, and taste can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroo Matsui, Takako Inui, Mariko Ishimaru, Daisaku Yonezawa
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE
    Publication number: 20140220179
    Abstract: A method for producing a beer-taste beverage characterized in that the method includes adding a hop selected based on hop plant age; and a method for adjusting aroma and taste of a beer-taste beverage, characterized by the use of a hop selected based on hop plant age. According to the present invention, characteristics of aroma and taste attributable from different hops can be made into different ones by using hops of different plant age. In addition, crops of different hop plant age having their own characteristics are properly blended, whereby a beer-taste beverage having preferred characteristics and intensities of aromas, and taste can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroo Matsui, Takako Inui, Mariko Ishimaru, Daisaku Yonezawa