Patents by Inventor Noboru Tabata

Noboru Tabata 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 for brewing Sake
    Patent number: 4547372
    Abstract: A method for the quality improvement of low-quality rice for sake brewing is disclosed wherein a low-quality rice such as low-grade rice, undermilled rice or old rice is heated at a pressure of 3.0 kg/cm.sup.2 or above and a temperature of 185.degree. C. or above for one minute or less, preferably 2 to 10 seconds, and quickly discharged into an atmosphere of ambient pressure to obtain a puffed rice utilized as a starting material for sake brewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignees: Kikkoman Corporation, Nada-Gogo Sake Brewers Common Facility Corporation
    Inventors: Itsuo Takeuchi, Teruaki Yokoshima, Noboru Tabata, Eishin Fujita, Koshiro Nagata, Tetsuya Kishimoto