Patents by Inventor Norio, both of Osaka Sawamura

Norio, both of Osaka Sawamura 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 producing cacao butter substitute
    Patent number: 4268527
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a cacao butter substitute by transesterification of fats and oils containing glycerides rich in the oleyl moiety at the 2-position with an alcohol ester of stearic acid and/or palmitic acid in the presence of a lipase having reaction specificity to the 1,3-position of triglycerides and not more than 0.18% by weight of water based on the total weight of the reaction mixture. By this method, a cacao butter substitute, rich in 1,3-distearyl-2-oleyl compound and 1-palmityl-2-oleyl-3-stearyl compound is obtained, in a high reaction yield with few by-products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaharu Matsuo, Norio, both of Osaka Sawamura, Yukio Hashimoto, Wataru Hashida