Patents by Inventor Nahonori Inaba

Nahonori Inaba 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).

  • Method of manufacturing enteric soft capsule
    Patent number: 9962335
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a soft capsule that is enteric and excellent in formulation properties. An enteric soft capsule is manufactured by the following steps (a) and (b): (a) preparing an enteric capsule shell liquid comprising gelatin and low methoxyl pectin having a degree of amidation of 5 to 25%, and (b) encapsulating capsule fills using the enteric capsule shell liquid prepared in the step (a) by stamping. Preferably, the jelly strength of the gelatin is 160 to 300 Bloom, the degree of esterification of the low methoxy pectin is 20 to 40%, and the enteric capsule shell liquid comprises 30 to 35 parts by mass of the low methoxy pectin per 100 parts by mass of the gelatin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI CAPSULE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Watanabe, Hiroaki Hasegawa, Nahonori Inaba, Yoshiyuki Shimokawa, Kenji Kato
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ENTERIC SOFT CAPSULE
    Publication number: 20170209384
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a soft capsule that is enteric and excellent in formulation properties. An enteric soft capsule is manufactured by the following steps (a) and (b): (a) preparing an enteric capsule shell liquid comprising gelatin and low methoxyl pectin having a degree of amidation of 5 to 25%, and (b) encapsulating capsule fills using the enteric capsule shell liquid prepared in the step (a) by stamping. Preferably, the jelly strength of the gelatin is 160 to 300 Bloom, the degree of esterification of the low methoxy pectin is 20 to 40%, and the enteric capsule shell liquid comprises 30 to 35 parts by mass of the low methoxy pectin per 100 parts by mass of the gelatin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Watanabe, Hiroaki Hasegawa, Nahonori Inaba, Yoshiyuki Shimokawa, Kenji Kato