Patents by Inventor Yasuhiko Sasamoto

Yasuhiko Sasamoto 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).

  • Cell lines produced by transforming leukocytes of fish with oncogenes and physiologically active substances produced by the cell lines
    Patent number: 5298402
    Abstract: The present invention provides cell lines capable of indefinite growth which are produced by transforming leukocytes isolated from peripheral blood of fish with a oncogene, a method of establishing the cell line, a method of recovering immunologically active substances from the culture of the cell lines. It has been difficult to maintain continuous cultures of fish leukocytes. The present invention provides cell lines capable of indefinite growth and a method of producing immunologically active substances, e.g., immunologically acitive substances, using these cell lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Taiyo Fishery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadakazu Tamai, Hiroki Murakami, Nobuyuki Sato, Shoji Kimura, Yasuhiko Sasamoto
  • Process for the production of transglutaminase-containing food having improved texture
    Patent number: 4917904
    Abstract: A process for the production of food having improved texture is disclosed wherein 0.001 to 5 parts by weight of transglutaminase is added to 100 parts by weight of a food material containing one or more materials selected from the group consisting of fish meat, animal meat and fowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Taiyo Fishery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Wakameda, Nobuaki Yatsuka, Yasuhiko Sasamoto
  • Lobster-like food product and a process for producing the same
    Patent number: 4889742
    Abstract: A lobster-like or crab leg-like food product comprising a muscle imitation part and an outer shell imitation part which envelops said muscle imitation part to be integrated therewith. The process for producing the lobster-like or crab leg-like food product comprises using a pair of molds each having a concave on which is curved an outer shell shape of lobster abdomen having plural segments or an outer shell shape of crab leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: Taiyo Fishery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Sasamoto, Shusaku Hasegawa, Atsushi Okazaki
  • Process for processing and treating raw materials of marine products
    Patent number: 4816278
    Abstract: A process for processing and treating raw materials such as marine products comprising of fishes, shellfishes, such as Crustacea and mollusks, and seaweeds or mixtures of said material and an optional mixing additive such as soyprotein, wheat flour and starch by means of a twin-screw extruder. The extrudates obtained by the process have qualities and mouthfeel characteristics different from those of the raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignees: The Japanese Research and Development Association for Extrusion Cooking, Nippon Suisan Kabushiki Kaisha, Taiyo Fishery Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seikosho, Ajikan Co., Ltd., Kowa Kougyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Sasamoto, Youichi Kammuri, Kiyohiko Sawa, Masami Araki, Shizuya Morimoto, Fumio Mitsui, Nobuyoshi Miyazaki
  • Process for preparing prawn-like food
    Patent number: 4666720
    Abstract: Prawn-like food which exhibits a texture closely similar to that of prawns is prepared by adding foamed food starch material optionally containing protein to salted ground fish meat and molding the obtained mixture followed by heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Taiyo Fishery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Sasamoto, Takeo Atsumi, Shin Suzuki, Masakazu Hoshi
  • Method for processing salmon roe products
    Patent number: 4477476
    Abstract: Green salmon roe, whether it is very fresh or less than fresh, is salted under agitation in a saturated aqueous solution of salt containing a nitrite and being free from any precipitates, and is then dehydrated. The roe thus salted is immersed under agitation in a saturated aqueous solution of malate containing a nitrite and being free from any precipitates. The roe thus processed is worked up in the conventional manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Taiyo Fishery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiko Kagawa, Yasuhiko Sasamoto