Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Rogi

Tomohiro Rogi 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).

  • LIGAND AGENTS FOR PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTORS (PPARs)
    Publication number: 20100249248
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide ligand agents for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs), etc. The ligand agents of the present invention are characterized by comprising, as an active ingredient, an extract of one or more plants selected from the following: Serenoa repens, Acanthopanax senticosus, Euterpe oleracea, Elettaria cardamomum, Angelica archangelica, Psidium guajava, Prumus spinosa, Eleagnus multiflora, Ligusticum chuaxiong, Cannabis sativa, Sambucus nigra, Adinandra nitida, Passiflora incarnata, Peucedanum japonicum, Pimpinella anisum, Vitex agnus-castus, Withania somnifera, Calluna vulgaris, Crataegus monogyna, Linum usitatissimum, Pleurotus ferulae, Robinia pseudoacacia, and Acanthopanax sessiliflorus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Suntory Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Kyoichi Ogura, Mitsuru Maeda, Tomohiro Rogi, Yoshinori Kitagawa, Kahori Shimada
  • MEDICINAL COMPOSITION, FOOD OR DRINK HAVING EFFECT OF ENHANCING SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20100150890
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a safe composition for preventing or treating obesity or related complications which has an autonomic nervous control effect, in particular, an effect of enhancing sympathetic nervous activity and an effect of promoting energy metabolism. Thus, a medicinal composition, a food or a drink containing 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one and having an autonomic nervous control effect and an effect of promoting energy metabolism is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinori Beppu, Nobuo Tsuruoka, Tomohiro Rogi, Hajime Komura, Katsuya Nagai
  • Sesamin/Episesamin Compositions
    Publication number: 20080275110
    Abstract: Sesamin and episesamin are incorporated at specified weight ratios in oral compositions so that the oral absorption of episesamin and/or its transfer into blood circulation is increased. Sesamin and episesamin are also incorporated at specified weight ratios in oral compositions so that the physiological activities of sesamins are enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshiko Ono, Namino Tomimori, Saki Tokuda, Tomohiro Rogi
  • Method for culturing microorganisms having a methanol metabolic pathway
    Patent number: 6171828
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for culturing microorganisms having a methanol metabolic pathway in which an expression unit is introduced that comprises a target gene linked downstream from a promoter that can be induced by methanol; wherein, during the culturing period, and including the period during which methanol is continuously or periodically added, the rate of addition is adjusted to a rate equal to or less than the maximum methanol consumption rate of said microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Suntory Limited
    Inventors: Koji Magota, Tomohiro Rogi, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Nobuo Kato