Patents by Inventor Mitsuko Satouchi

Mitsuko Satouchi 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).

  • Agent for promoting the proliferation of bifidobacterium
    Patent number: 5698437
    Abstract: An agent for promoting the proliferation of Bifidobacterium which comprises an indigestible substance which is prepared by heating a starch in the presence of a mineral acid and a small amount of water to prepare a pyrodextrin and hydrolyzing the pyrodextrin in the presence of an acid; and use of the indigestible substance for promoting the proliferation of Bifidobacterium in the intestine. Foods containing the indigestible substance promote the proliferation of Bifidobacterium in the intestine and can be very excellent health foods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Matsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Matsuda, Mitsuko Satouchi
  • Food composite performing function of improving serum lipid
    Patent number: 5519011
    Abstract: A method for decreasing a content of lipid and total cholesterol in serum and increasing a relative content of HDL cholesterol in serum which comprises the steps:(a) providing a pyrodextrin hydrolysate which is obtained by heating starch in the presence of an acid and hydrolyzing the pyrodextrin with .alpha.-amylase; and(b) administering an effective amount of the pyrodextrin hydrolysate to an animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Matsutani Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Wakabayashi, Mitsuko Satouchi, Kazuhiro Ohkuma
  • Food composite for performing function of large bowel regulation
    Patent number: 5380717
    Abstract: A food composite performing a function of large bowel regulation and comprising a refined product of pyrodextrin obtained as an active ingredient through a process of decomposing starch or starch hydrolyzate by heating in the presence of an acid or without acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Matsutani Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ohkuma, Shigeru Wakabayashi, Mitsuko Satouchi
  • Method for preparing galacto-oligosaccharides
    Patent number: 5378833
    Abstract: A process of preparing galacto-oligosaccharides comprising the step of heating up lactose, or, a mixture of lactose and galactose under presence of an inorganic acid as a catalyst in an anhydrous powder condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Matsutani Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Katta, Kazuhiro Ohkuma, Mitsuko Satouchi, Reiji Takahashi, Takehiko Yamamoto
  • Method for reducing insulin secretion
    Patent number: 5344824
    Abstract: A food composite for saving insulin secretion comprising a refined product of pyrodextrin obtained as an active ingredient through a process of decomposing starch or starch hydrolyzate by heating in the presence of an acid or without acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Matsutani Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ohkuma, Shigeru Wakabayashi, Yoshimi Mochizuki, Mitsuko Satouchi