Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Hirokawa

Toshiyuki Hirokawa 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).

  • Vegetable sterol-containing fat compositions and process for producing the same
    Patent number: 6753032
    Abstract: The plant sterol-containing fat composition of the present invention contains a plant sterol fatty acid ester (A); and from 10 to 70% by weight of a partial glyceride (B). It can provide a cholesterol absorption inhibiting effect, and capable of ensuring no addition of an emulsifier or a reduction in amount of the emulsifier to be added when utilized for production of fat foods in the emulsion product form such as margarines, fat spreads, and whip creams, whereby an emulsion product having no or reduced flavor characteristic of the emulsifier can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Asahi Denka Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirokawa, Kazuaki Suzuki, Shoji Maruzeni
  • Confectionary fat composition and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 5409728
    Abstract: The confectionary fat composition according to the present invention comprises from 20 to 80% by weight of deodorized cocoa butter and from 20 to 80% by weight of hardened fat(s) having a melting point of 45.degree. C. or lower. The method for producing the confectionary fat composition according to the present invention comprises melt-mixing from 20 to 80% by weight of deodorized cocoa butter with from 20 to 80% by weight of hardened fat(s) having a melting point of 45.degree. C. or lower and then rapidly cooling and kneading the obtained mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Asahi Denka Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Itagaki, Toshiyuki Hirokawa