Patents by Inventor Morito Watanabe

Morito Watanabe 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).

  • RICE IMPROVER, COOKED RICE USING SAME, AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING COOKED RICE
    Publication number: 20130260010
    Abstract: A rice improver containing a gelatinized product of an acid-treated waxy type starch or a gelatinized product of an oxidation-treated waxy type starch, wherein a cold water solubility of the rice improver in pure water at 25 degrees centigrade is equal to or higher than 50%, wherein a content of a fraction of a granular material sieved over 0.5 mm-opening (32 mesh) sieve in the rice improver is smaller than 5% by weight, and wherein a total of contents of said acid-treated waxy type starch and said oxidation-treated waxy type starch over the whole rice improver is equal to or larger than 50% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Morito Watanabe, Mariko Hotta, Isao Kobayashi, Masaru Goto
  • RICE IMPROVER, COOKED RICE USING SAME, AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING COOKED RICE
    Publication number: 20120045562
    Abstract: A rice improver containing a gelatinized product of an acid-treated waxy type starch or a gelatinized product of an oxidation-treated waxy type starch, wherein a cold water solubility of the rice improver in pure water at 25 degrees centigrade is equal to or higher than 50%, wherein a content of a fraction of a granular material sieved over 0.5 mm-opening (32 mesh) sieve in the rice improver is smaller than 5% by weight, and wherein a total of contents of said acid-treated waxy type starch and said oxidation-treated waxy type starch over the whole rice improver is equal to or larger than 50% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: J-OIL MILLS, INC.
    Inventors: Morito Watanabe, Mariko Hotta, Isao Kobayashi, Masaru Goto
  • RICE MODIFIER, COOKED RICE FOOD USING THE RICE MODIFIER, AND THOSE PREPARATION PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20090274815
    Abstract: A rice modifier, containing a granular material sieved over 0.5 mm-opening (32-mesh) sieve at a content of 5% by weight or more and 100% by weight of less, having thermal solubility of equal to or higher than 20%, and containing starch at a content of equal to or larger than 40% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: J-OIL MILLS, INC
    Inventors: Isao Kobayashi, Morito Watanabe, Takeshi Suzuki, Masaru Goto