Patents by Inventor Masaharu Kono

Masaharu Kono 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 MANUFACTURING PULVERULENT FLAVORING AGENT
    Publication number: 20180242625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a powdery flavoring agent, including (1) a step of treating a milk-derived material with at least any one of a lactic acid fermentation treatment and an enzymatic reaction treatment to prepare a paste flavoring agent, (2) a step of adding an excipient to the paste flavoring agent obtained in step (1) to prepare a freeze-drying raw material liquid having a fat content in a dried solid content of 40% by mass or less, a solid content based on the excipient occupying the dried solid content of 70% by mass or less, and a water content of 20% by mass or more and less than 50% by mass, and (3) a step of subjecting the freeze-drying raw material liquid obtained in the step (2) to specific treatments to obtain the powdery flavoring agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu KONO, Eiji EMOTO, Tadahiro HIRAMOTO
  • Taste-improving peptide
    Patent number: 9901111
    Abstract: To provide a milk-derived peptide having a taste-improving effect, a taste-improving agent comprising the same, and a food or drink containing the same. A taste-improving agent comprising a peptide, said peptide having the sequence(s) Val-Pro and/or Leu-Leu-Leu, and a food or drink to which the taste-improving agent is added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Takasago International Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Kono, Masato Ikeuchi
  • Flavor enhancer for food or drink, production method thereof, and food or drink comprising flavor enhancer
    Patent number: 8993016
    Abstract: To provide a flavor enhancer having, in a good balance, a raw milk feeling which gives a flavor of a fresh milk, a rich feeling of the raw milk, a natural feeling, and a preference property. That is the flavor enhancer for food or drink, which comprises, as an effective component, a treated product which is obtained by subjecting a total milk protein to a lactic acid fermentation treatment and protease treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Takasago International Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Washizu, Eiji Emoto, Masaharu Kono
  • TASTE-IMPROVING PEPTIDE
    Publication number: 20140161934
    Abstract: To provide a milk-derived peptide having a taste-improving effect, a taste-improving agent comprising the same, and a food or drink containing the same. A taste-improving agent comprising a peptide, said peptide having the sequence(s) Val-Pro and/or Leu-Leu-Leu, and a food or drink to which the taste-improving agent is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Kono, Masato Ikeuchi
  • FLAVOR ENHANCER FOR FOOD OR DRINK, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND FOOD OR DRINK COMPRISING FLAVOR ENHANCER
    Publication number: 20100112129
    Abstract: To provide a flavor enhancer having, in a good balance, a raw milk feeling which gives a flavor of a fresh milk, a rich feeling of the raw milk, a natural feeling, and a preference property. That is the flavor enhancer for food or drink, which comprises, as an effective component, a treated product which is obtained by subjecting a total milk protein to a lactic acid fermentation treatment and protease treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Washizu, Eiji Emoto, Masaharu Kono