Patents by Inventor Naoki Orii

Naoki Orii 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).

  • Process for producing fermented milk and fermented milk
    Patent number: 9161552
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a fermented milk, in which fermentation is accelerated without using a fermentation accelerator or the like and a novel fermented milk obtained by the production method having a hard texture that does not collapse during the distribution stage while having thickness and mildness which are not exhibited by conventional products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horiuchi, Nobuko Inoue, Naoki Orii
  • ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENT
    Publication number: 20130129711
    Abstract: Provided is an antiallergic agent including, as an active ingredient, a fermentation product of a propionic acid bacterium. Also provided is a method of using the antiallergic agent to prevent and/or improve skin roughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroshi KANO, Shuji Ikegami, Keisuke Furuichi, Hiroyuki Itou, Naoki Orii
  • Method for producing fermented milk and fermented milk
    Patent number: 8236361
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing fermented milk by promoting fermentation without adding any fermentation-promoting substance and novel fermented milk with a thick and smooth mouth feel and a mild flavor. The method enhances fermentation efficiency by reducing the dissolved oxygen in a mix of raw materials for fermented milk at the start of fermentation through substitution with inert gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Meiji Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horiuchi, Nobuko Inoue, Naoki Orii
  • ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENT
    Publication number: 20100322973
    Abstract: Provided is an antiallergic agent including, as an active ingredient, a fermentation product of a propionic acid bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPRATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kano, Shuji Ikegami, Keisuke Furuichi, Hiroyuki Itou, Naoki Orii
  • Method for producing an extract of coffee beans
    Patent number: 7771764
    Abstract: A method for producing an extract and/or a squeezed liquid, which includes: feeding a food to be extracted and/or squeezed into a crushing apparatus; adding a solvent into the crushing apparatus immediately after and/or while milling the food; extracting and/or squeezing a useful food component of the food into the solvent; and carrying out liquid-solid separation by removing the resulting extracted residue and/or squeezed residue with a continuous solid-liquid separation apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Meiji Dairies Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Takeshi Imazawa, Takamune Tanaka, Takao Tomita, Yasushi Kubota, Naoki Orii, Tadashi Nakatsubo
  • Method for producing good-flavor butter milk associated dairy product and dairy processed product
    Patent number: 7713563
    Abstract: A process for preparing butter milk and/or butter serum, which comprises decreasing the dissolved oxygen concentration of at least one selected from the group consisting of milk, a milk product, butter milk and butter serum, followed by heating, and optionally fractionizing the heated product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Meiji Dairies Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Kubota, Yukinari Takeuchi, Satoshi Hayashi, Naoki Orii, Tadashi Nakatsubo
  • Process for Producing Fermented Milk and Fermented Milk
    Publication number: 20070224314
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a fermented milk, in which fermentation is accelerated without using a fermentation accelerator or the like and a novel fermented milk obtained by the production method having a hard texture that does not collapse during the distribution stage while having thickness and mildness which are not exhibited by conventional products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horiuchi, Nobuko Inoue, Naoki Orii
  • Solid-liquid separation method for continously extracting and/or pressing edible food and drink
    Publication number: 20060257547
    Abstract: A method for producing an extract and/or a squeezed liquid, which comprises: feeding a food to be extracted and/or squeezed into a crushing apparatus; adding a solvent into the crushing apparatus immediately after and/or while milling the food; extracting and/or squeezing a useful food component of the food into the solvent; and carrying out liquid-solid separation by removing the resulting extracted residue and/or squeezed residue with a continuous solid-liquid separation apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Takeshi Imazaka, Takamune Tanaka, Takao Tomita, Yasushi Kubota, Naoki Orii, Tadashi Nakaysubo
  • Method for producing good-flavor butter milk associated dairy product and dairy processed product
    Publication number: 20060057271
    Abstract: A process for preparing butter milk and/or butter serum, which comprises decreasing the dissolved oxygen concentration of at least one selected from the group consisting of milk, a milk product, butter milk and butter serum, followed by heating, and optionally fractionizing the heated product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Yasushi Kubota, Yukinari Takeuchi, Satoshi Hayashi, Naoki Orii, Tadashi Nakatsubo