Patents by Inventor Ryo Shimojo

Ryo Shimojo 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).

  • Lactic acid bacterium capable of producing Y-aminobutyric acid
    Patent number: 8202710
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lactic acid bacterium which can produce ?-aminobutyric acid (GABA) even under a coexisting condition of lactic acid and common salt in a medium at time of commencement of culturing, and a method for producing a culture mixture comprising GABA. Specifically, a culture mixture comprising GABA can be obtained by isolating from unrefined soy a lactic acid bacterium, Lactobacillus rennini which can produce GABA even under a coexisting condition of lactic acid and common salt in a medium at time of commencement of culturing, and culturing the lactic acid bacterium after inoculating it into a medium containing L-glutamic acid and/or salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Kikkoman Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Hanya, Itsuo Sato, Ryo Shimojo
  • SOY SAUCE SEASONING HAVING HIGH GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CONTENT
    Publication number: 20090202696
    Abstract: A ?-aminobutyric acid-containing soy sauce seasoning with stabilized qualities such as color and gloss, deliciousness, ?-aminobutyric acid content and the like can be obtained by adjusting pH within a certain range when ?-aminobutyric acid is contained in a soy sauce seasoning at a high concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: KIKKOMAN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Shimojo
  • LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING Y-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID
    Publication number: 20090186388
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lactic acid bacterium which can produce ?-aminobutyric acid (GABA) even under a coexisting condition of lactic acid and common salt in a medium at time of commencement of culturing, and a method for producing a culture mixture comprising GABA. Specifically, a culture mixture comprising GABA can be obtained by isolating from unrefined soy a lactic acid bacterium, Lactobacillus rennini which can produce GABA even under a coexisting condition of lactic acid and common salt in a medium at time of commencement of culturing, and culturing the lactic acid bacterium after inoculating it into a medium containing L-glutamic acid and/or salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: KIKKOMAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Hanya, Itsuo Sato, Ryo Shimojo