Patents by Inventor Tokuichi Taguchi

Tokuichi Taguchi 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).

  • Process for improving the quality of whey protein
    Patent number: 4460615
    Abstract: A process for improving the quality of whey protein, characterized by maintaining whey protein solution at a pH of from 8.5 to 11.5 and a temperature of from 35.degree. to 50.degree. C., adding to the solution a mixture of at least one acid selected from citric acid, phosphoric acid, polyphosphoric acids, phytic acid and oxalic acid with at least one acid selected from hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, lactic acid, tartaric acid, succinic acid and maleic acid so as to adjust the pH of the solution to 6-8. By the process of this invention, it is possible to obtain a whey protein having improved brittleness and excellent bending strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1984
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadayasu Furukawa, Tokuichi Taguchi, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Shigenori Ohta