Patents by Inventor Yasuo Odaira

Yasuo Odaira 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).

  • Pretreatment of Waste Mushroom Bed and Method of Converting the Same to Yield Sugars and Ethanol
    Publication number: 20080213850
    Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to develop a method of pretreating a waste mushroom bed so as to easily and efficiently obtain sugars and ethanol with the use of such waste mushroom bed. It is another objective of the present invention to develop a method of converting the pretreated waste mushroom bed to yield sugars and ethanol. According to the present invention, it has been found that the above objective can be achieved by maintaining a waste mushroom bed at 4° C. to 30° C. for 1 week or longer after harvesting of fruit bodies for conversion of the waste mushroom bed to yield sugars and ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicants: YUKIGUNI MAITAKE CO., LTD., NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Takafumi Shimoda, Kozo Nishibori, Takashi Shirouchi, Takayoshi Nakao, Yasuo Odaira, Yasushi Morikawa
  • Active oxygen scavenger and cancer chemopreventer from Grifola
    Publication number: 20030202984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active oxygen scavenging agent and a cancer chemopreventing agent both comprising a dried Grifola, a dry Grifola powder and/or a Grifola extract, and to a food or animal feed comprising the active oxygen scavenging agent or the cancer chemopreventing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Kenji Tazawa, Yasuo Odaira, Masataka Watanabe
  • Active oxygen scavenger and cancer chemopreventer from Grifola
    Patent number: 6616928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active oxygen scavenging agent and a cancer chemopreventing agent both comprising a dried Grifola, a dry Grifola powder and/or a Grifola extract, and to a food or animal feed comprising the active oxygen scavenging agent or the cancer chemopreventing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Yukiguni Maitake Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Tazawa, Yasuo Odaira, Masataka Watanabe
  • Active oxygen scavenger and cancer chemopreventer from Grifola
    Publication number: 20010000229
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active oxygen scavenging agent and a cancer chemopreventing agent both comprising a dried Grifola, a dry Grifola powder and/or a Grifola extract, and to a food or animal feed comprising the active oxygen scavenging agent or the cancer chemopreventing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: April 12, 2001
    Inventors: Kenji Tazawa, Yasuo Odaira, Masataka Watanabe