Patents by Inventor Yoko Iijima

Yoko Iijima 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).

  • Method for Producing Sweetener
    Publication number: 20240306686
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a sweetener, the manufacturing method including: a saccharification step of injecting steam at a temperature of 90° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower into a mixture of water, rice flour, and an enzyme agent to cause the mixture to react and obtaining a saccharified liquid; a decomposition step of adding rice koji to the saccharified liquid and causing the mixture of the rice koji and the saccharified liquid to react at a temperature of 50° C. or higher and 80° C. or lower to obtain a fermenting mash; a heat treatment step of heating the fermenting mash at a temperature of 100° C. or higher; and a solid-liquid separation step of subjecting the heat-treated fermenting mash to solid-liquid separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Kikkoman Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Ito, Izumi Kobayashi, Hikari Mori, Takeharu Nakahara, Yoko Iijima
  • Geraniol synthase, methods of production and uses thereof
    Patent number: 8124375
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel type of monoterpene synthase, a key enzyme in the production of the monoterpene aroma compound geraniol. More specifically, the present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences coding for GES from flowers and herbs species, in particular sweet basil, as well as to vectors containing the sequences, to host cells containing the sequences and to methods of producing recombinant GES, its products, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents Of The University Of Michigan
    Inventors: Eran Pichersky, Yoko Iijima, Efraim Lewinsohn, David R. Gang, James Simon
  • GERANIOL SYNTHASE, METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100209969
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel type of monoterpene synthase, a key enzyme in the production of the monoterpene aroma compound geraniol. More specifically, the present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences coding for GES from flowers and herbs species, in particular sweet basil, as well as to vectors containing the sequences, to host cells containing the sequences and to methods of producing recombinant GES, its products, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Eran Pichersky, Yoko Iijima, Efraim Lewinsohn, David R. Gang, James Simon
  • Geraniol synthase, methods of production and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7704716
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel type of monoterpene synthase, a key enzyme in the production of the monoterpene aroma compound geraniol. More specifically, the present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences coding for CUES from flowers and herbs species, in particular sweet basil, as well as to vectors containing the sequences, to host cells containing the sequences and to methods of producing recombinant GES, its products, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignees: The Regents of The University of Michigan, Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of The University of Arizona, Agricultural Research Organization Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
    Inventors: Eran Pichersky, Yoko Iijima, Efraim Lewinsohn, David R. Gang, James Simon
  • Geraniol Synthase, Methods of Production and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20080131946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel type of monoterpene synthase, a key enzyme in the production of the monoterpene aroma compound geraniol. More specifically, the present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences coding for CUES from flowers and herbs species, in particular sweet basil, as well as to vectors containing the sequences, to host cells containing the sequences and to methods of producing recombinant GES, its products, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Eran Pichersky, Yoko Iijima, Efraim Lewinsohn, David R. Gang, James Simon