Patents by Inventor Mitsuyori Inoue

Mitsuyori Inoue 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).

  • Enriched nutritious food product comprising powder of ginseng and method for producing powder of ginseng
    Patent number: 5230889
    Abstract: A ginseng powder is produced as follows. Firstly, a ginseng harvested from a field is washed within at least 24 hrs. after harvest in the raw state. Then, the washed ginseng is dried under such a condition that it is not subjected to temperatures above 40.degree. C. After that, the dried ginseng is put in liquid nitrogen so as to have a low temperature brittleness. Subsequently the whole of the ginseng is crushed into powder at a time within a nitrogen gas atmosphere at an evaporation temperature of the liquid nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: Iwatani Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuyori Inoue
  • Food product having a main component comprising powder made from soft shell turtles and the method of manufacture therefor
    Patent number: 4426398
    Abstract: Whole clean, living soft-shelled turtles are frozen in liquid nitrogen. The frozen turtles are crushed and then ground in an atmosphere of nitrogen gas to form a powder. The powder may be mixed with other components, encapsulated or formed into tablets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: Iwatani Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsunehiko Kokura, Mitsuyori Inoue
  • Process for manufacturing cocoa powder
    Patent number: 4281027
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a cocoa powder, using shells of cocoa beans. The process includes extracting astringency from cocoa shells; submerging the shells in liquid nitrogen kept at not higher than -196 degrees C., thereby allowing instant freezing; and pulverizing the shells under a freezing gaseous atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: Iwatani Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuyori Inoue, Akira Yamabe