Patents by Inventor Naoto Ojima

Naoto Ojima 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).

  • Publication number: 20120121734
    Abstract: Novel utilization of sucralose which is a high intense sweetener. Compositions containing sucralose including: sweetening compositions having excellent sweetness qualities based on the characteristics of sucralose; foods with a masked unpleasant smell and unpleasant taste; performance food compositions (viscous food compositions, gel food compositions, emulsified food compositions); foods with improved flavors; preservatives and foods with improved quality of taste; and flavor compositions with improved flavors. Novel utilization of sucralose as a sweetener improver, a masking agent for unpleasant smell/unpleasant taste, a flavor improver, a function improver (viscosity, gelling properties, emulsification properties), a taste characteristic improver, and a flavor improver/enhancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SAN-EI GEN F.F.I., INC.
    Inventors: Maki Inoue, Kazumi Iwai, Naoto Ojima, Takuya Kawai, Mitsumi Kawamoto, Shunsuke Kuribi, Miho Sakaguchi, Chie Sasaki, Kazuhito Shizu, Mariko Shiguryou, Kazutaka Hirao, Miki Fujii, Yoshito Morita, Nobuharu Yasunami, Junko Yoshifuji
  • Publication number: 20110189348
    Abstract: Novel utilization of sucralose which is a high intense sweetener. Compositions containing sucralose including: sweetening compositions having excellent sweetness qualities based on the characteristics of sucralose; foods with a masked unpleasant smell and unpleasant taste; performance food compositions (viscous food compositions, gel food compositions, emulsified food compositions); foods with improved flavors; preservatives and foods with improved quality of taste; and flavor compositions with improved flavors. Novel utilization of sucralose as a sweetener improver, a masking agent for unpleasant smell/unpleasant taste, a flavor improver, a function improver (viscosity, gelling properties, emulsification properties), a taste characteristic improver, and a flavor improver/enhancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: SAN-EI GEN F.F.I., INC.
    Inventors: Maki INOUE, Kazumi IWAI, Naoto OJIMA, Takuya KAWAI, Mitsumi KAWAMOTO, Shunsuke KURIBI, Miho SAKAGUCHI, Chie SASAKI, Kazuhito SHIZU, Mariko SHINGURYOU, Kazutaka HIRAO, Miki FUJII, Yoshito MORITA, Nobuharu YASUNAMI, Junko YOSHIFUJI
  • Patent number: 7662419
    Abstract: A composition which is obtained by causing a specific compound to be present together with sucralose. The composition provides a sucralose in a stable form, more particularly, a sucralose which is still stable and thus is significantly suppressed with respect to the decrease in sweetness and discoloration (browning, blackening), even when it is subjected to a warming treatment under a condition wherein temperature is high and especially water content is low and/or pH is low. The stabilized sucralose-containing composition can be used as a sweetener by itself and as a compound with a food or a drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: San-Ei Gen F.F.I., Inc
    Inventors: Naoto Ojima, Masami Madono, Kazutaka Hirao, Masanori Mie, Akiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20080011311
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nicotine-reducing agent and a nicotine-reducing smoking article that are used for reducing the nicotine content of the mainstream smoke of a tobacco product. The present invention also provides a method for reducing the nicotine content of the mainstream smoke of a tobacco product by using the nicotine-reducing agent or nicotine-reducing smoking article. The nicotine-reducing agent is an aqueous liquid composition having a viscosity of 500 to 3000 mpa·s and containing at least one polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of tamarind seed gum, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, tara gum, guar gum, pectin, pullulan, psyllium seed gum, methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose and carageenan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Naoto Ojima, Omoto Toshio, Atsushi Kozakai, Hisakatsu Iwabuchi
  • Publication number: 20070212460
    Abstract: Novel utilization of sucralose which is a high intense sweetener. Compositions containing sucralose including: sweetening compositions having excellent sweetness qualities based on the characteristics of sucralose; foods with a masked unpleasant smell and unpleasant taste; performance food compositions (viscous food compositions, gel food compositions, emulsified food compositions); foods with improved flavors; preservatives and foods with improved quality of taste; and flavor compositions with improved flavors Novel utilization of sucralose as a sweetener improver, a masking agent for unpleasant smell/unpleasant taste, a flavor improver, a function improver (viscosity, gelling properties, emulsification properties), a taste characteristic improver, and a flavor improver/enhancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Maki Inoue, Kazumi Iwai, Naoto Ojima, Takuya Kawai, Mitsumi Kawamoto, Shunsuke Kuribi, Miho Sakaguchi, Chie Sasaki, Kazuhito Shizu, Mariko Shinguryou, Kazutaka Hirao, Miki Fujii, Yoshito Morita, Nobuharu Yasunami, Junko Yoshifuji
  • Patent number: 7229658
    Abstract: Novel utilization of sucralose which is a high intense sweetener. Compositions containing sucralose including: sweetening compositions having excellent sweetness qualities based on the characteristics of sucralose; foods with a masked unpleasant smell and unpleasant taste; performance food compositions (viscous food compositions, gel food compositions, emulsified food compositions); foods with improved flavors; preservatives and foods with improved quality of taste; and flavor compositions with improved flavors. Novel utilization of sucralose as a sweetness improver, a masking agent for unpleasant smell/unpleasant taste, a flavor improver, a function improver (viscosity, gelling properties, emulsification properties), a taste characteristic improver, and a flavor improver/enhancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: San-Ei Gen F.F.I., Inc
    Inventors: Maki Inoue, Kazumi Iwai, Naoto Ojima, Takuya Kawai, Mitsumi Kawamoto, Shunsuke Kuribi, Miho Sakaguchi, Chie Sasaki, Kazuhito Shizu, Mariko Shinguryou, Kazutaka Hirao, Miki Fujii, Yoshito Morita, Nobuharu Yasunami, Junko Yoshifuji
  • Patent number: 7029717
    Abstract: A composition which is obtained by causing a specific compound to be present together with sucralose. The composition provides a sucralose in a stable form, more particularly, a sucralose which is still stable and thus is significantly suppressed with respect to the decrease in sweetness and discoloration (browning blackening), even when it is subjected to a warming treatment under a condition wherein temperature is high and especially water content is low and/or pH is low. The stabilized sucralose-containing composition can be used a sweetener by itself and as a compound with a food or a drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: San-Ei Gen F.F.I., Inc.
    Inventors: Naoto Ojima, Masami Madono, Kazutaka Hirao, Masanori Mie, Akiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20050142271
    Abstract: A composition which is obtained by causing a specific compound to be present together with sucralose. The composition provides a sucralose in a stable form, more particularly, a sucralose which is still stable and thus is significantly suppressed with respect to the decrease in sweetness and discoloration (browning, blackening), even when it is subjected to a warming treatment under a condition wherein temperature is high and especially water content is low and/or pH is low. The stabilized sucralose-containing composition can be used as a sweetener by itself and as a compound with a food or a drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Naoto Ojima, Masami Madono, Kazutaka Hirao, Masanori Mie, Akiko Sato