Patents by Inventor Wataru Mizuno

Wataru Mizuno 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).

  • Patent number: 7323205
    Abstract: A process is described for the production of a packaged green tea beverage containing non-polymer catechins at a concentration of 0.05 to 0.5 wt. %. According to the process, an aluminosilicate which has an iron release rate of not greater than 0.8 mg/kg to a catechin-containing solution is brought into contact with a green tea mixture of a green tea extract and a concentrate of green tea extract. The present invention can provide beverages, which contain catechins at high concentration and inhibit the formation of dregs during long-term storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Otsuka, Wataru Mizuno, Koji Hanaoka, Yuji Matsui, Hideyuki Takatsu
  • Patent number: 7239444
    Abstract: A display front plane having an anti-reflection film in thickness uniformity and good adhesion between the anti-reflection film and the base material is supplied. Each of a display lenticular lens and a display fresnel lens having a sophisticated anti-reflection function with a high total light transmittance is also to be provided. As for the display front plane, lenticular lens, fresnel lens relating to the present invention, gas containing a gas for thin film formation is introduced into a discharge space under the atmospheric pressure or the pressure close to it and the gas is activated by applying a high frequency electric field in the discharge space mentioned above. And then, anti-reflection film at least on one side of the surface of the base material is formed by exposing the base material in the aforementioned activated gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Wataru Mizuno, Atsushi Saito, Ichiro Kudo
  • Publication number: 20060147603
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for the production of a packaged green tea beverage containing non-polymer catechins at a concentration of 0.05 to 0.5 wt. %. According to the process, an aluminosilicate which has an iron release rate of not greater than 0.8 mg/kg to a catechin-containing solution is brought into contact with a green tea mixture of a green tea extract and a concentrate of green tea extract. The present invention can provide beverages, which contain catechins at high concentration and inhibit the formation of dregs during long-term storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Otsuka, Wataru Mizuno, Koji Hanaoka, Yuji Matsui, Hideyuki Takatsu
  • Publication number: 20050163890
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for the production of a packaged green tea beverage containing non-polymer catechins at a concentration of 0.05 to 0.5 wt. %. According to the process, an aluminosilicate which has an iron release rate of not greater than 0.8 mg/kg to a catechin-containing solution is brought into contact with a green tea mixture of a green tea extract and a concentrate of green tea extract. The present invention can provide beverages, which contain catechins at high concentration and inhibit the formation of dregs during long-term storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Otsuka, Wataru Mizuno, Koji Hanaoka, Yuji Matsui, Hideyuki Takatsu
  • Patent number: 6896922
    Abstract: Provided are oil-cooked or baked potatoes having a small water content, having good texture, having good storage stability, for example, being crispy even after the passage of time and free from deterioration in taste due to a rancid odor of the oil or fat used for them, having good flavor and being excellent in blandness. Oil-cooked or baked potatoes of the present invention comprise 3 to 50 wt. % of an oil or fat composition containing 2 wt. % or less of a monoglyceride and 15 wt. % or greater but less than 50 wt. % of a diglyceride having, as a constituent fatty acid, 15 to 100 wt. % of a ?3 unsaturated fatty acid having less than 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Kudo, Yoji Kameo, Wataru Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20050068617
    Abstract: A display front plane having an anti-reflection film in thickness uniformity and good adhesion between the anti-reflection film and the base material is supplied. Each of a display lenticular lens and a display fresnel lens having a sophisticated anti-reflection function with a high total light transmittance is also to be provided. As for the display front plane, lenticular lens, fresnel lens relating to the present invention, gas containing a gas for thin film formation is introduced into a discharge space under the atmospheric pressure or the pressure close to it and the gas is activated by applying a high frequency electric field in the discharge space mentioned above. And then, anti-reflection film at least on one side of the surface of the base material is formed by exposing the base material in the aforementioned activated gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Wataru Mizuno, Atsushi Saito, Ichiro Kudo
  • Patent number: 6849306
    Abstract: A plasma treatment method for surface treatment of a substrate with an atmospheric pressure plasma treatment apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to each other, a discharge space between the opposed electrodes, a voltage application means for applying voltage across the discharge space, a gas supply means for supplying a reactive gas and an inert gas to the discharge space. The method is one wherein the reactive gas at the discharge space is excited at atmospheric pressure or at approximately atmospheric pressure by applying voltage through the voltage application means to generate discharge plasma, and a substrate is exposed to the discharge plasma to be subjected to surface treatment, and wherein the reactive gas is not directly in contact with the discharge surface of the first electrode or the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Yoshikazu Kondo, Yoshiro Toda, Kiyoshi Oishi, Akira Nishiwaki, Wataru Mizuno, Koji Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20030157378
    Abstract: A film forming method comprising: supplying a reactive gas comprising a compound including a metal atom between facing electrodes; arranging a substrate between the electrodes; making the reactive gas in a plasma state by applying a voltage between the electrodes under atmospheric pressure or under a pressure in a vicinity of the atmospheric pressure and discharging; and forming a metal film on a surface of the substrate by supplying a reducing gas having a reducing property into a plasma atmosphere in which the reactive gas in the plasma state exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Wataru Mizuno, Kazuhiro Fukuda, Yoshikazu Kondo, Yoshiro Toda, Kiyoshi Oishi, Akira Nishiwaki
  • Publication number: 20030113479
    Abstract: An atmospheric pressure plasma treatment apparatus is disclosed which comprises a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to each other, a discharge space between the opposed electrodes, a voltage application means for applying voltage across the discharge space, a gas supply means for supplying a reactive gas and an inert gas to the discharge space, wherein the reactive gas at the discharge space is excited at atmospheric pressure or at approximately atmospheric pressure by applying voltage through the voltage application means to generate discharge plasma, and a substrate is exposed to the discharge plasma to be subjected to surface treatment, and wherein the reactive gas is not directly in contact with the discharge surface of the first electrode or the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Yoshikazu Kondo, Yoshiro Toda, Kiyoshi Oishi, Akira Nishiwaki, Wataru Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20020081368
    Abstract: Provided are oil-cooked or baked potatoes having a small water content, having good texture, having good storage stability, for example, being crispy even after the passage of time and free from deterioration in taste due to a rancid odor of the oil or fat used for them, having good flavor and being excellent in blandness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Kudo, Yoji Kameo, Wataru Mizuno
  • Patent number: 5925691
    Abstract: Binder compositions for a mold each comprising a specific alkaline phenol-aldehyde resin are disclosed. Methods for producing a mold using any of the binder compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Funada, Akira Yoshida, Wataru Mizuno, Naoki Kyochika