Patents by Inventor Rika Homma

Rika Homma 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).

  • HARD BUTTER
    Publication number: 20140193567
    Abstract: Provided is a hard butter, comprising 55 mass % or more of diacylglycerols satisfying the following (1) and (2): (1) 70 to 99 mass % of a disaturated diacylglycerol (SS) in the diacylglycerols; and (2) 55 mass % or less of a total content of saturated fatty acids having 16 and 18 carbon atoms in constituent fatty acids of the diacylglycerols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Yoshihide Asabu
  • OIL/FAT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140170296
    Abstract: Provided is a fat or oil composition, comprising 50 mass % or more of diacylglycerols satisfying the following (1) to (4): (1) 20 to 92 mass % of a disaturated diacylglycerol (SS) in the diacylglycerols; (2) 60 mass % or less of a monosaturated-monounsaturated diacylglycerol (SU) in the diacylglycerols; (3) 8 to 80 mass % of a diunsaturated diacylglycerol (UU) in the diacylglycerols; and (4) 20 mass % or more of a total content of saturated fatty acids having 10, 12, and 14 carbon atoms in saturated fatty acids constituting the diacylglycerols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Yoshihide Asabu
  • FAT AND/OR OIL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20130280407
    Abstract: Provided is a fat or oil composition, comprising: (A) from 0.02 to 1.8 mass % of a free type triterpene alcohol; and (B) 1.4 mass % or less of a fatty acid ester type triterpene alcohol, in which a mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) ((A)/(B)) is larger than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Kazuichi Tomonobu
  • OIL OR FAT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20130230630
    Abstract: A fat or oil composition comprising from 0.02 to 0.65 mass % of a free type triterpene alcohol and 0.18 mass % or less of a ?-oryzanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Kazuichi Tomonobu
  • OIL OR FAT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20130023684
    Abstract: Provided is an oil or fat composition, which has an MCPD-FS content X (ppm) and a hydroxyl value Y (mg-KOH/g) satisfying a relationship of the following expression (1), the content X being measured by a Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fettwissenschaft (DGF) standard method CIII 18(09), and has a content (%) of trans isomers of linoleic acids in constituent fatty acids of an oil or fat, of 2 or more. Y?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Moriwaki, Masao Shimizu, Rika Homma
  • OIL OR FAT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20120259133
    Abstract: Provided is an oil or fat composition, which has an MCPD-FS content (ppm) of 13 ppm or less, the content being measured by a Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fettwissenschaft (DGF) standard method C-III 18(09), has a diacylglycerol content of 15 mass % or more, and is subjected to deodorization treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Masao Shimizu, Junya Moriwaki, Minoru Kase, Tetsuya Abe, Shinpei Fukuhara, Toshiteru Komatsu, Keiji Shibata