Patents by Inventor Toru Iguchi

Toru Iguchi 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).

  • Adipocyte differentiation inhibiting peptide and adipocyte differentiation inhibiting agent using the peptide as active component thereof
    Patent number: 5756467
    Abstract: This invention aims to provide a peptide having an amino acid sequence of Val-Tyr-Pro or Val-Thr-Leu and having the ability to inhibit adipocyte differentiations, adipocyte differentiation inhibiting agent incorporating therein as an active component the peptide or a proteolysate characterized by containing not less than 0.1% by weight of the peptide, a specific health food, and a feed. This invention permits prevention and therapy of obesity and cardiovascular diseases attendant on obesity such as hypertension and arteriosclerosis in men and animals. It also allows improvement of the meat quality in domestic animals and culured fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignees: Itoham Foods Inc., Hankyu-Kyoei Bussan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoichi Kagawa, Chizuko Fukuhama, Hisako Matsutaka, Toru Iguchi, Toyoo Nakamura, Masahiro Numata, Shigeaki Watanabe