Patents by Inventor Mitsuharu Sugyo

Mitsuharu Sugyo 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).

  • Flavor-containing sheet for smoking article and smoking article comprising the same
    Patent number: 11805803
    Abstract: A flavor-containing sheet for a smoking article, the sheet comprising a thickening polysaccharide, a flavor, an emulsifier, and a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Sugyo, Yasuo Tanaka
  • FLAVOR-CONTAINING SHEET FOR SMOKING ARTICLE AND SMOKING ARTICLE COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20230077518
    Abstract: A flavor-containing sheet for a smoking article, the sheet comprising a thickening polysaccharide, a flavor, an emulsifier, and a filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu SUGYO, Yasuo TANAKA
  • Flavor-containing sheet for smoking article and smoking article comprising the same
    Patent number: 11528932
    Abstract: A flavor-containing sheet for a smoking article, the sheet comprising a thickening polysaccharide, a flavor, an emulsifier, and a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Sugyo, Yasuo Tanaka
  • FLAVOR-CONTAINING SHEET FOR SMOKING ARTICLE AND SMOKING ARTICLE COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190274349
    Abstract: A flavor-containing sheet for a smoking article, the sheet comprising a thickening polysaccharide, a flavor, an emulsifier, and a filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu SUGYO, Yasuo TANAKA
  • Method of manufacturing cigarettes
    Patent number: 8839801
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a cigarette having equivalent aroma and flavor even with a reduced amount of burley leaves. The method does not require special processing treatment due to the absence of necessity of an installation space and costs for the treatment. Also, method of manufacturing a cigarette containing the same, and a cigarette. The invention separates raw material for sheet tobacco into fiber and solution, adds a primary casing flavor to the solution, mixes the solution added with the primary casing flavor and the fiber to produce a mixture, and dries the mixture. Burley leaf tobacco is thereafter mixed with the sheet tobacco. The casing flavor is previously added at the time of the molding of sheet tobacco in the sheet-tobacco manufacturing process, which makes enables production of sheet tobacco having the aroma and flavor equivalent of when burley leaf tobacco is used, even without special processing treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Shuichi Miyazawa, Mitsuharu Sugyo, Takanori Yagashira
  • FLAVORANT-CARRYING ADSORBENT PARTICLE, CIGARETTE FILTER, FILTER-TIPPED CIGARETTE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLAVORANT-CARRYING ADSORBENT PARTICLE
    Publication number: 20140123991
    Abstract: A flavorant-carrying adsorbent particle comprising an adsorbent core particle having a BET specific surface area of 700 m2/g or greater, and a flavor-generating medium carried on the surface of the adsorbent core particle and including a flavorant and a flavorant-holding material holding the flavorant, wherein the flavorant-holding material is present in an amount of 5 to 20% with respect to a total weight of the flavorant-carrying adsorbent particle, and the flavorant is present in an amount of 10 to 50% with respect to a weight of the flavorant-holding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Ryoji FUJITA, Michihiro INAGAKI, Masahiro CHIDA, Mitsuharu SUGYO, Hiromichi MUTO, Kiyohiro SASAKAWA
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SHEET TOBACCO, A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CIGARETTES CONTAINING THE SHEET TOBACCO, AND A CIGARETTE
    Publication number: 20120279509
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing sheet tobacco for producing a cigarette that has equivalent aroma and flavor even if the amount of burley leaves is reduced, and does not require a special processing treatment due to the absence of necessity of an installation space and costs for the treatment, a method of manufacturing a cigarette containing the same, and a cigarette. The invention separates raw material for sheet tobacco into fiber and solution, adds a casing flavor to the solution, mixes the solution added with the casing flavor and the fiber to produce a mixture, and dries the mixture. The casing flavor is previously added at the time of the molding of sheet tobacco in the sheet-tobacco manufacturing process, which makes it possible to produce sheet tobacco having the aroma and flavor equivalent of when burley leaf tobacco is used, even without applying the special processing treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Shuichi Miyazawa, Mitsuharu Sugyo, Takanori Yagashira