Patents by Inventor Naoto Imura

Naoto Imura 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).

  • Pharmaceutical composition comprising mannooligosaccharides derived from coffee for treatment of lifestyle-related disease, and food useful for treatment of lifestyle-related disease
    Patent number: 9101648
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating lifestyle-related disease is provided. Also provided is a food useful for the prevention or treatment of lifestyle-related disease. The pharmaceutical composition contains, as an active ingredient, a sugar in which a mannose unit makes up 66% or more in terms of the number of mannose units and which has a polymerization degree of 3 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignees: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC, Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshio Kumaoh, Kazuto Ozaki, Ichiro Asano, Shigeyoshi Fujii, Naoto Imura
  • Pharmaceutical Composition For Prevention Or Treatment Of Lifestyle-Related Disease, And Food Useful For Prevention Or Treatment Of Lifestyle-Related Disease
    Publication number: 20120101058
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating lifestyle-related disease is provided. Also provided is a food useful for the prevention or treatment of lifestyle-related disease. The pharmaceutical composition contains, as an active ingredient, a sugar in which a mannose unit makes up 66% or more in terms of the number of mannose units and which has a polymerization degree of 3 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Toshio Kumaoh, Kazuto Ozaki, Ichiro Asano, Shigeyoshi Fujii, Naoto Imura
  • Soluble coffee with aroma recovered from the thermal hydrolysis of spent grounds
    Patent number: 5008125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process to recover beneficial coffee volatiles such as diacetyl and acetaldehyde from an aroma stream generated by the thermal hydrolysis of spent grounds. The aroma stream is passed over a bed of a non-polar microporous adsorbent and effluent is collected until breakthrough of furfural is detected. The invention also relates to the composition of the recovered/purified coffee aroma and to soluble coffee products containing the coffee aroma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Cale, Naoto Imura, George A. Jasovsky, Saul N. Katz
  • Aroma recovery from the thermal hydrolysis of spent grounds
    Patent number: 4900575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process to recover beneficial coffee volatiles such as diacetyl and acetaldehyde from an aroma stream generated by the thermal hydrolysis of spent grounds. The aroma stream is passed over a bed of a non-polar microporous adsorbent and effluent is collected until breakthrough of furfural is detected. The invention also relates to the composition of the recovered/purified coffee aroma and to soluble coffee products containing the coffee aroma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Cale, Naoto Imura, George A. Jasovsky, Saul N. Katz