Patents by Inventor Shigeyoshi Fujii

Shigeyoshi Fujii 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).

  • Pharmaceutical composition comprising mannooligosaccharides derived from coffee for treatment of lifestyle-related disease, and food useful for treatment of lifestyle-related disease
    Patent number: 9101648
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating lifestyle-related disease is provided. Also provided is a food useful for the prevention or treatment of lifestyle-related disease. The pharmaceutical composition contains, as an active ingredient, a sugar in which a mannose unit makes up 66% or more in terms of the number of mannose units and which has a polymerization degree of 3 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignees: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC, Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshio Kumaoh, Kazuto Ozaki, Ichiro Asano, Shigeyoshi Fujii, Naoto Imura
  • Pharmaceutical Composition For Prevention Or Treatment Of Lifestyle-Related Disease, And Food Useful For Prevention Or Treatment Of Lifestyle-Related Disease
    Publication number: 20120101058
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating lifestyle-related disease is provided. Also provided is a food useful for the prevention or treatment of lifestyle-related disease. The pharmaceutical composition contains, as an active ingredient, a sugar in which a mannose unit makes up 66% or more in terms of the number of mannose units and which has a polymerization degree of 3 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Toshio Kumaoh, Kazuto Ozaki, Ichiro Asano, Shigeyoshi Fujii, Naoto Imura
  • Method Of Obtaining Antioxidant From Roasted Coffee Beans, The Antioxidant Thus Obtained, And Food Containing The Same
    Publication number: 20120076907
    Abstract: An antioxidant originating in coffee beans is provided. A method which comprises contacting a water extract of roasted coffee or an aqueous solution of the extract with an adsorbent and then eluting an antioxidant adsorbed by the adsorbent with an organic solvent or an aqueous organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Kazuto Ozaki, Shigeyoshi Fujii
  • Pharmaceutical Composition For Enhancing Adiponectin Production And Food Useful Therefor
    Publication number: 20120071440
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical product having excellent adiponectin production ability, and food useful for the pharmaceutical product is provided. The pharmaceutical product contains, as active ingredients, a sugar having a polymerization degree of 2-10, wherein mannose units account for not less than 50% based on the number, and a chlorogenic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Tomohiro Tsuchiya, Izumi Hoshino, Toshio Kumaoh, Kazuto Ozaki, Shigeyoshi Fujii
  • Composition Having Effect of Treating, Preventing, or Improving Diabetes or Diabetic Complication and Drink Comprising the Same
    Publication number: 20100048505
    Abstract: A safe, economical, and convenient food drink having the effect of treating, preventing, or improving diabetes or diabetic complications without involving significantly changed dietary life habits is provided. A food or drink is provided for treating, preventing, or improving diabetes or diabetic complications, comprising oligosaccharides at a concentration of 0.15 to 10% by weight wherein the oligosaccarides include mannose molecules linked together with degree of polymerization of 2 to 10 (inclusive).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Fujii, Izumi Takao, Li-kun Han, Asako Ishii, Hiromichi Okuda
  • Composition Having Blood Pressure Reducing and/or Elevation Suppressing Effect and Food and Drink Containing the Same
    Publication number: 20090005342
    Abstract: The present invention regards the composition having a blood pressure reducing and/or elevation suppressing effect comprising a mannose-based oligosaccharide mass comprising 1 to 10 molecules of monosaccharides linked together, said molecules mainly comprising mannose. It is the object of the present invention to provide an economical and simple food and drink which has an excellent blood pressure reducing and/or elevation suppressing effect without changing ordinary eating habits much, and a composition ingestible with a food and drink which effectively uses waste resources such as coffee extraction residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Izumi Takao, Ichiro Asano, Shigeyoshi Fujii, Masayuki Kaneko, John R. Nielson, Daniel G. Steffen, Thomas Hatzold
  • Compositions Having Body Fat Reducing Function and Food and Drink Containing the Same
    Publication number: 20080213425
    Abstract: A mannooligosaccharide composition is provided that is effective for providing a body fat reducing effect and for reducing body weight. The mannooligosaccharide composition is provided by hydrolysis of mannan material. The mannooligosaccharide includes from about 1 to about 10 monosaccharides with at least about 60 weight percent of the monosaccharides being mannose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicants: AJINOMOTO GENERAL FOODS, INC., FOODS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Ichiro Asano, Shigeyoshi Fujii, Katsuhito Mutoh, Izumi Takao, Kazuto Ozaki, Kenichi Nakamuro, Toshiyuki Matsushima