Patents by Inventor Senji Sakanaka

Senji Sakanaka 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).

  • Patent number: 6824800
    Abstract: A powder composition, characterized in that the powder composition includes delipidated egg yolk particles and a functional food material, the functional food material being impregnated in pores of the delipidated egg yolk particles; a method for preparing a powder composition characterized by mixing a delipidated egg yolk with water, spray-drying the resulting mixture, to prepare porous, delipidated egg yolk particles having pores on surfaces thereof; and mixing the resulting delipidated egg yolk particles with a functional food material, and drying the resulting mixture under reduced pressure; and a food including the powder composition mentioned above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Mitsuya, Kouichi Kitahata, Kazuhiko Sugiura, Senji Sakanaka, Shoichi Ishigaki
  • Patent number: 6297280
    Abstract: A composition for suppressing behavior problems of pets, comprising theanine, and optionally one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of highly unsaturated fatty acids and cholines; and a method of suppressing behavior problems of pets, comprising administering the above composition to a pet having behavior problems. The composition can be effectively used for suppressing various behavior problems associated with the pet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Ishihara, Senji Sakanaka, Seiji Shu, Lekh Raj Juneja
  • Patent number: 6068862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a feed additive for animals comprising tea extract, to a feed additive for animals of which active ingredient is tea leaf fiber, and to an animal feed comprising the feed additive for animals. The tea extract in the present invention exerts great effects in preventing and treating noninfectious and infectious diarrhea in domestic animals, poultry, and pet animals, improving milk quality of fresh milk, increasing milk yield, and improving reproductive efficiency. Also, the tea leaf fiber of the present invention improves intestinal function in domestic animals, decreases the occurrence of diarrhea, increases milk yield, improves feed efficiency and removes malodor of feces and urine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Ishihara, Souichi Mamiya, Shigemitsu Akachi, Noriko Tsuji, Senji Sakanaka, Izumi Ozeki, Ken Tsuda