Patents by Inventor Takanao Sogawa

Takanao Sogawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20100062139
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dried vegetable comprising saccharide, which shows preferable rehydrating property and good shape, color, and relish when rehydrating it and can be used as a material of instant foods and side dishes, a process for producing the dried vegetable, and uses thereof. The above object is attained by providing a dried vegetable comprising saccharide, which is obtained by permeating a saccharide(s) into a vegetable and drying with hot air, and said dried vegetable comprising saccharide shows following physical properties of (1) and (2): (1) The dry weight of residue which is obtained by extracting said dried vegetable comprising saccharide with 60% ethanol aqueous solution accounts for 15% or higher but lower than 35% to the weight of said dried vegetable comprising saccharide; and (2) The specific gravity of said dried vegetable comprising saccharide is increased by 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Naohiko Katagiri, Noriyuki Saito, Takanao Sogawa, Toshio Miyake