Patents by Inventor Shinji SOMEKAWA

Shinji SOMEKAWA 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: 9629386
    Abstract: The present invention can provide a nutrition composition useful for patients with renal diseases, which has an effective prophylactic or improving effect for various symptoms of malnutrition, inflammation, arteriosclerosis, abnormal lipid metabolism and oxidative stress, associated with renal diseases, or for diabetic nephropathy. The nutrition composition of the present invention m contains one or more kinds of free amino acids selected from the group consisting of valine, leucine, isoleucine and histidine, and a lipid comprising ?-3 fatty acid and ?-6 fatty acid at a weight ratio (?-6 fatty acid to ?-3 fatty acid) of 0.5-5.5. In addition, the composition further contains a soybean protein or a hydrolysate thereof together with the aforementioned lipid or instead of the aforementioned lipid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinji Somekawa, Tomoyuki Mine, Naoki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8747939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutrient composition which contains at least a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, and a mineral, and is liquid or semisolid, characterized in that the volume-based median size (d50) of particles in the nutrient composition is 5 to 100 ?m and water-insoluble particles having a protein insolubilized by a divalent cation are contained as a major component of the nutrient composition, or a nutrient composition which contains at least a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, and a mineral, and is liquid or semisolid, characterized in that water-insoluble particles having a protein insolubilized by a divalent cation are contained as a major component of the nutrient composition and the mass of the protein with respect to the total moles of divalent ions forming the water-insoluble particles is 1.5 to 3 g/mmol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Itaru Kon, Naoki Hayashi, Tatsuro Tanaka, Hisayuki Uneyama, Shinji Somekawa
  • Patent number: 8652563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutrient composition which contains at least a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, and a mineral, and is liquid or semisolid, characterized in that the volume-based median size (d50) of particles in the nutrient composition is 5 to 100 ?m and water-insoluble particles having a protein insolubilized by a divalent cation are contained as a major component of the nutrient composition, or a nutrient composition which contains at least a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, and a mineral, and is liquid or semisolid, characterized in that water-insoluble particles having a protein insolubilized by a divalent cation are contained as a major component of the nutrient composition and the mass of the protein with respect to the total moles of divalent ions forming the water-insoluble particles is 1.5 to 3 g/mmol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Itaru Kon, Naoki Hayashi, Tatsuro Tanaka, Hisayuki Uneyama, Shinji Somekawa
  • Publication number: 20130243933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutrient composition which contains at least a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, and a mineral, and is liquid or semisolid, characterized in that the volume-based median size (d50) of particles in the nutrient composition is 5 to 100 ?m and water-insoluble particles having a protein insolubilized by a divalent cation are contained as a major component of the nutrient composition, or a nutrient composition which contains at least a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, and a mineral, and is liquid or semisolid, characterized in that water-insoluble particles having a protein insolubilized by a divalent cation are contained as a major component of the nutrient composition and the mass of the protein with respect to the total moles of divalent ions forming the water-insoluble particles is 1.5 to 3 g/mmol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Itaru Kon, Naoki Hayashi, Tatsuro Tanaka, Hisayuki Uneyama, Shinji Somekawa
  • Publication number: 20110288012
    Abstract: The present invention can provide a nutrition composition useful for patients with renal diseases, which has an effective prophylactic or improving effect for various symptoms of malnutrition, inflammation, arteriosclerosis, abnormal lipid metabolism and oxidative stress, associated with renal diseases, or for diabetic nephropathy. The nutrition composition of the present invention m contains one or more kinds of free amino acids selected from the group consisting of valine, leucine, isoleucine and histidine, and a lipid comprising ?-3 fatty acid and ?-6 fatty acid at a weight ratio (?-6 fatty acid to ?-3 fatty acid) of 0.5-5.5. In addition, the composition further contains a soybean protein or a hydrolysate thereof together with the aforementioned lipid or instead of the aforementioned lipid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinji SOMEKAWA, Tomoyuki MINE, Naoki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20080160137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutrient composition which contains at least a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, and a mineral, and is liquid or semisolid, characterized in that the volume-based median size (d50) of particles in the nutrient composition is 5 to 100 ?m and water-insoluble particles having a protein insolubilized by a divalent cation are contained as a major component of the nutrient composition, or a nutrient composition which contains at least a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, and a mineral, and is liquid or semisolid, characterized in that water-insoluble particles having a protein insolubilized by a divalent cation are contained as a major component of the nutrient composition and the mass of the protein with respect to the total moles of divalent ions forming the water-insoluble particles is 1.5 to 3 g/mmol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO. INC.
    Inventors: Itaru KON, Naoki HAYASHI, Tatsuro TANAKA, Hisayuki UNEYAMA, Shinji SOMEKAWA