Patents by Inventor Tomomi Sugino

Tomomi Sugino 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).

  • Germinated brown rice
    Patent number: 6630193
    Abstract: The invention relates to germinated brown rice which can be easily and deliciously boiled even by a household rice cooker without impairing its original nutritive value, and has excellent mouth feel and shelf stability. The germinated brown rice can be provided by subjecting germinated brown rice to a heat-moisture treatment and drying the treated germinated brown rice to a water content of 10 to 18% by mass and a degree of gelatinization of 5 to 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Fancl Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Aoto, Tomomi Sugino, Hiroto Shinmura, Aya Mizukuchi, Mitsuo Kise, Sachiyuki Teramoto, Sachiko Someya, Keiko Tsuchiya, Kenichi Ishiwata
  • Method of producing formaldehyde directly from methane
    Patent number: 6414195
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of using a silica-supported 12-molybdosilicic acid catalyst consisting of 12-moloybdosilicic acid supported on silica, in which 12-molybdosilicic acid is supported in an amount not smaller than 10 mass % on silica, wherein the reaction system is heated in the presence of the silica-supported 12-molybdosilicic acid catalyst to the operating temperature of the catalyst at a rate not lower than 100° C./min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: President of Shizuoka University
    Inventors: Akifumi Ueno, Naoto Azuma, Tomomi Sugino, Ayako Kido
  • Germinated brown rice
    Publication number: 20020031596
    Abstract: The invention relates to germinated brown rice which can be easily and deliciously boiled even by a household rice cooker without impairing its original nutritive value, and has excellent mouth feel and shelf stability. The germinated brown rice can be provided by subjecting germinated brown rice to a heat-moisture treatment and drying the treated germinated brown rice to a water content of 10 to 18% by mass and a degree of gelatinization of 5 to 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Hiromichi Aoto, Tomomi Sugino, Hiroto Shinmura, Aya Mizukuchi, Mitsuo Kise, Sachiyuki Teramoto, Sachiko Someya, Keiko Tsuchiya, Kenichi Ishiwata
  • Method of producing formaldehyde directly from methane
    Patent number: 6294701
    Abstract: The present invention provides a silica-supported 12-molybdosilicic acid catalyst comprising a silica carrier and at least 10% by weight, based on the silica amount, of 12-molybdosilicic acid supported on the carrier and a method of producing formaldehyde directly from a mixed gas of methane and oxygen in the presence of the particular catalyst. Formaldehyde can be produced at a high yield in the present invention without requiring a reforming process of methane with water vapor that consumes a large amount of energy. In addition, attentions are also paid to the air pollution and water contamination problems in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: President of Shizuoka University
    Inventors: Akifumi Ueno, Naoto Azuma, Kiyofumi Aoki, Tomomi Sugino