Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu Shirasu

Yoshiharu Shirasu 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: 6919082
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmacological composition as a composition as a raw material capable of preventing or treating the symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis, constipation, allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis, and so on, and which has little side effect and thereby safe, high water dispersibility, and can be ingested easily. A yeast cell wall fraction, which comprises yeast extracts residue and being superior in water dispersibility and swelling properties, is used as an active constituent. As a yeast cell wall fraction, a yeast cell wall fraction obtained with a simple operation of water cleansing of yeast cell after alkali processing yields superior effects for preventing or treating the symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis, constipation, allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis, and so on, as well as such yeast cell wall fraction without foreign taste and odor characteristic to autolysis and suitable for ingestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Shirasu, Tomohiko Nakamura, Hideyuki Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20030118607
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmacological composition as a composition as a raw material capable of preventing or treating the symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis, constipation, allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis, and so on, and which has little side effect and thereby safe, high water dispersibility, and can be ingested easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Shirasu, Tomohiko Nakamura, Hideyuki Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20020155126
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmacological composition as a composition as a raw material capable of preventing or treating the symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis, constipation, allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis, and so on, and which has little side effect and thereby safe, high water dispersibility, and can be ingested easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Shirasu, Tomohiko Nakamura, Hideyuki Wakabayashi