Patents by Inventor Munehiro USUI

Munehiro USUI 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).

  • PET FOOD, GRANULAR PET FOOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PET FOOD
    Publication number: 20210177010
    Abstract: A pet food is provided, including a base substance and a coating part that coats a part of the base substance, in which a part of the base substance is exposed and a component composition of the base substance and a component composition of the coating part are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Thi Yen Minh Nguyen, Munehiro Usui, Waka Sawada, Masaki Shiota, Tadatoshi Nobata
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING PET FOOD
    Publication number: 20200178568
    Abstract: There is provided a method of producing pet food including a base substance and a coating part that coats a part of the base substance, the method including: (a) a step of processing a coating part forming composition having a composition different from that of the base substance, at a first temperature (T1); (b) a step of processing the coating part forming composition at a second temperature (T2), after the step (a); (c) a step of processing the coating part forming composition at a third temperature (T3), after the step (b); (d) a step of coating a part of the base substance with the coating part forming composition obtained in the step (c); and (e) a step of solidifying the coating part forming composition with which the part of the base substance is coated, in which there is a relationship of the first temperature (T1)>the third temperature (T3)>the second temperature (T2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Shiota, Munehiro Usui, Hidetaka Oyama, Hayato Nishitani
  • Method of producing pet food
    Patent number: 10420356
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing pet food including a granulating process of granulating a raw ingredient mixture to obtain food granules; an oil and fat coating process of charging the food granules into a coating pot and coating the food granules with oils and fats; and a food granule heating process of heating the food granules until the temperature thereof becomes 40° C. to 70° C. and charging the food granules into the coating pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kotaro Yoshida, Munehiro Usui
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING PET FOOD
    Publication number: 20170156373
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing pet food including a granulating process of granulating a raw ingredient mixture to obtain food granules; an oil and fat coating process of charging the food granules into a coating pot and coating the food granules with oils and fats; and a food granule heating process of heating the food granules until the temperature thereof becomes 40° C. to 70° C. and charging the food granules into the coating pot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Kotaro YOSHIDA, Munehiro USUI
  • Pet food
    Patent number: D928448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Shiota, Munehiro Usui, Waka Sawada, Thi Yen Minh Nguyen, Hayato Nishitani