Patents by Inventor Tomoko NAMBU

Tomoko NAMBU 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).

  • METHYL CELLULOSE SLURRY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, MEAT-LIKE PROTEIN PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT CONTAINING THE METHYL CELLULOSE SLURRY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20230128135
    Abstract: The invention provides a methyl cellulose slurry for a meat-like protein processed food product having higher elasticity than a conventional one and having little variation in quality and a meat-like protein processed food product using the methyl cellulose slurry. By retaining a slurry containing methyl cellulose dissolved in water in a temperature zone of 0 to 5° C. for 10 hours or more, a methyl cellulose slurry for a meat-like protein processed food product having higher elasticity than a conventional one and having little variation in quality can be provided. Moreover, by using the methyl cellulose slurry, a meat-like protein processed food product having higher elasticity than a conventional one and having little variation in quality can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoko NAMBU, Kazuki YOSHIDA
  • Method for producing textured protein material
    Patent number: 11224236
    Abstract: Problem to be Solved An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a textured protein material having a meat-like fibrous texture. Solution The textured protein material having a meat-like fibrous texture can be produced by feeding a flat-sheet-like textured protein material prepared via pressurization and heating, and then extrusion by an extruder through cutting blade rolls composed of a pair of rolls facing each other and having a plurality of square-blade-like annular blades arranged in parallel, thereby making slits sheared on the topside and the underside of the textured protein material in the same direction as the extruded direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minori Murata, Kazuki Yoshida, Jiro Seto, Tomoko Nambu
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING TEXTURED PROTEIN MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20190082716
    Abstract: Problem to be Solved An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a textured protein material having a meat-like fibrous texture. Solution The textured protein material having a meat-like fibrous texture can be produced by feeding a flat-sheet-like textured protein material prepared via pressurization and heating, and then extrusion by an extruder through cutting blade rolls composed of a pair of rolls facing each other and having a plurality of square-blade-like annular blades arranged in parallel, thereby making slits sheared on the topside and the underside of the textured protein material in the same direction as the extruded direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Minori MURATA, Kazuki YOSHIDA, Jiro SETO, Tomoko NAMBU