Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Hirota

Noriyuki Hirota 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 Manufacturing Baked Confectionery
    Publication number: 20170127697
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for manufacturing baked confectionery, comprising: a step of adding water and polyglycerol polyricinoleate to an fat-based confectionery dough; a step of molding the resulting fat-based confectionery dough into a predetermined shape; and a step of baking the molded product. According to this manufacturing method, handleability and workability during molding of the fat-based confectionery dough can be ensured, while improving the shape retention during baking of the fat-based confectionery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Hirota, Tadashi Matsuura, Hiroyuki Utsunomiya
  • BAKED FAT-BASED CONFECTIONERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
    Publication number: 20160088856
    Abstract: A baked fat-based confectionery containing a sorbitan fatty acid ester, preferably a sorbitan fatty acid ester with an HLB of 1 to 5. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing a baked fat-based confectionery, including a step of preparing a fat-based confectionery material containing a sorbitan fatty acid ester, a step of forming the fat-based confectionery material into a prescribed shape to obtain a fat-based confectionery, and a step of baking the fat-based confectionery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki HIROTA, Tadashi MATSUURA
  • BAKED CONFECTIONERY
    Publication number: 20130337146
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide baked fatty or oily confectionery being crispy to the core but giving no burning feel, and a method for producing the same. The baked confectionery can be produced by preparing a fatty or oily confectionery composition containing a glucide, said glucide being selected from among isomaltulose, mannitol and reduced palatinose, and then baking the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Katagiri, Sayuri Takezoe, Noriyuki HIrota, Hiroyuki Utsunomiya, Saori Toriwa
  • Material interface changing method
    Patent number: 5733458
    Abstract: The interface between two nonmagnetic fluids, typically liquid layers, in contact with each other is changed by applying a magnetic field thereto. The interface is raised or depressed into an upward or downward convex shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Kitazawa, Hiroharu Sugawara, Noriyuki Hirota, Takuro Homma, Satoshi Maruyama, Shinichi Yamashita, Jun Nakagawa