Patents by Inventor Sachie Ikegami

Sachie Ikegami 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).

  • Therapeutic Agent For Metabolic Syndrome and Food Containing the Therapeutic Agent
    Publication number: 20100093658
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a novel therapeutic agent that can reduce visceral fat accumulation to prevent or treat metabolic syndrome. In order to achieve this object, the invention provides a therapeutic agent for metabolic syndrome that comprises, as an active ingredient, dietary fiber aggregation in which water-soluble ?-glucan has the highest content. Particularly effective as the water-soluble ?-glucan is water-soluble ?-glucan having a ?-1,3 glycoside bond and ?-1,4 glycoside bond in the same molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: SAPPORO BREWERIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto Kihara, Shigeki Araki, Chikako Shimizu, Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Kazutoshi Ito, Sachie Ikegami, Seiichiro Aoe
  • AMELIORATING OR PROPHYLACTIC AGENT FOR METABOLIC SYNDROME, AND BEVERAGE, FOOD AND FEED EACH COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100062089
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ameliorative or preventive agent for metabolic syndrome comprising a barley bran or an ?-amylase-treated product thereof as an active ingredient. The present invention also provides an ameliorative or preventive agent for metabolic syndrome comprising a water-insoluble component of an ?-amylase-treated product of a barley bran as an active ingredient. These are naturally derived ameliorative or preventive agents for metabolic syndrome which can inhibit the accumulation of visceral fat to ameliorate or prevent metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Sapporo Breweries Limited
    Inventors: Shigeki Araki, Makoto Kihara, Chikako Shimizu, Hiroshi Hirata, Sachie Ikegami, Seiichiro Aoe