Patents by Inventor Motoharu Arai

Motoharu Arai 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).

  • Domestic fowl eggs having a high content of highly unsaturated fatty acid, their production process and their use
    Patent number: 6432468
    Abstract: The present invention provides domestic fowl eggs having a high content of arachidonic acid and optionally docosahexaenoic acid obtained by feeding egg-laying domestic fowls &ohgr;6 highly unsaturated fatty acids and optionally &ohgr;3 highly unsaturated fatty acids, their production process, a lipid that originates from them, and a food that contains said lipid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Suntory Limited
    Inventors: Kengo Akimoto, Kenichi Higashiyama, Takafumi Ishihara, Teruyuki Kanada, Yoshiharu Tanaka, Motoharu Arai
  • Lipid powder having cross-linked coating thereon and process for preparing same
    Patent number: 4921705
    Abstract: A lipid powder having a cross-linked coating thereon comprises a core lipid powder and a water-soluble coating agent coating the core lipid powder. The water-soluble coating agent contains cross-linked protein. A process for preparing lipid powders each having a cross-linked coating thereon comprises the steps of emulsifying lipid and a water-soluble coating agent containing protein to obtain an emulsion, adding a cross-linking agent for the protein the the emulsion to thereby cross-link the protein, atomizing and drying the emulsion containing the cross-linked protein to terminate the cross-linking reaction and to obtain lipid powders each coated with the water-soluble coating agent, and cooling the coated lipid powders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Nippon Oil and Fats Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoharu Arai, Masatsugu Ito