Patents by Inventor Yoshihide Asabu

Yoshihide Asabu 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: 9648894
    Abstract: Provided is a hard butter, comprising 55 mass % or more of diacylglycerols satisfying the following (1) and (2): (1) 70 to 99 mass % of a disaturated diacylglycerol (SS) in the diacylglycerols; and (2) 55 mass % or less of a total content of saturated fatty acids having 16 and 18 carbon atoms in constituent fatty acids of the diacylglycerols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Yoshihide Asabu
  • Patent number: 9591861
    Abstract: Provided is a fat or oil composition, comprising 50 mass % or more of diacylglycerols whose constituent fatty acids comprise 12 mass % or more of fatty acids having 20 or more carbon atoms and 5 mass % or less of a total content of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, and having an iodine value of a fat or oil of 120 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: KOA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Yoshihide Asabu
  • Patent number: 9167829
    Abstract: Provided is a fat or oil composition, comprising 50 mass % or more of diacylglycerols satisfying the following (1) to (3): (1) from 5 to 50 mass % of a disaturated diacylglycerol (SS) in the diacylglycerols; (2) 35 mass % or less of a monosaturated-monounsaturated diacylglycerol (SU) in the diacylglycerols; and (3) 1.5 or less as a ratio (mass ratio) [(SS)/(UU)] of a content of the disaturated diacylglycerol (SS) in the diacylglycerols relative to a content of a diunsaturated diacylglycerol (UU) in the diacylglycerols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Yoshihide Asabu
  • Patent number: 9167828
    Abstract: Provided is a fat or oil composition, comprising 50 mass % or more of diacylglycerols satisfying the following (1) to (4): (1) 20 to 92 mass % of a disaturated diacylglycerol (SS) in the diacylglycerols; (2) 60 mass % or less of a monosaturated-monounsaturated diacylglycerol (SU) in the diacylglycerols; (3) 8 to 80 mass % of a diunsaturated diacylglycerol (UU) in the diacylglycerols; and (4) 20 mass % or more of a total content of saturated fatty acids having 10, 12, and 14 carbon atoms in saturated fatty acids constituting the diacylglycerols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Yoshihide Asabu
  • Publication number: 20140220224
    Abstract: Provided is a fat or oil composition, comprising 50 mass % or more of diacylglycerols satisfying the following (1) to (4): (1) 3 to 40 mass % of a disaturated diacylglycerol (SS) in the diacylglycerols; (2) 21 to 48 mass % of a monosaturated-monounsaturated diacylglycerol (SU) in the diacylglycerols; (3) 0.5 to 3.8 as a ratio (mass ratio) [(SU)/(SS)] of a content of the monosaturated-monounsaturated diacylglycerol (SU) in the diacylglycerols relative to a content of the disaturated diacylglycerol (SS) in the diacylglycerols; and (4) 9.7 or less as amass ratio [(P)/(S)] of a content of a saturated fatty acid having 16 carbon atoms (P) relative to a content of a saturated fatty acid having 18 carbon atoms (S), in constituent fatty acids of the diacylglycerols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Yoshihide Asabu
  • Publication number: 20140220223
    Abstract: Provided is a fat or oil composition, comprising 50 mass % or more of diacylglycerols whose constituent fatty acids comprise 12 mass % or more of fatty acids having 20 or more carbon atoms and 5 mass % or less of a total content of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, and having an iodine value of a fat or oil of 120 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Yoshihide Asabu
  • Publication number: 20140205736
    Abstract: Provided is a fat or oil composition, comprising 50 mass % or more of diacylglycerols satisfying the following (1) to (3): (1) from 5 to 50 mass % of a disaturated diacylglycerol (SS) in the diacylglycerols; (2) 35 mass % or less of a monosaturated-monounsaturated diacylglycerol (SU) in the diacylglycerols; and (3) 1.5 or less as a ratio (mass ratio) [(SS)/(UU)] of a content of the disaturated diacylglycerol (SS) in the diacylglycerols relative to a content of a diunsaturated diacylglycerol (UU) in the diacylglycerols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Yoshihide Asabu
  • Publication number: 20140193567
    Abstract: Provided is a hard butter, comprising 55 mass % or more of diacylglycerols satisfying the following (1) and (2): (1) 70 to 99 mass % of a disaturated diacylglycerol (SS) in the diacylglycerols; and (2) 55 mass % or less of a total content of saturated fatty acids having 16 and 18 carbon atoms in constituent fatty acids of the diacylglycerols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Yoshihide Asabu
  • Publication number: 20140170296
    Abstract: Provided is a fat or oil composition, comprising 50 mass % or more of diacylglycerols satisfying the following (1) to (4): (1) 20 to 92 mass % of a disaturated diacylglycerol (SS) in the diacylglycerols; (2) 60 mass % or less of a monosaturated-monounsaturated diacylglycerol (SU) in the diacylglycerols; (3) 8 to 80 mass % of a diunsaturated diacylglycerol (UU) in the diacylglycerols; and (4) 20 mass % or more of a total content of saturated fatty acids having 10, 12, and 14 carbon atoms in saturated fatty acids constituting the diacylglycerols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Homma, Yoshihide Asabu
  • Patent number: 8192781
    Abstract: The invention provides a fat and oil composition for bakery products, which contains 50 to 85 parts by weight of (A) edible fat and oil wherein the content of unsaturated fatty acid residues in the total constituent fatty acids thereof is 75 wt % or more, 10 to 35 parts by weight of (B) an emulsifier, and 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of (C) a humectant, wherein the (A)/(B) ratio by weight is 6.5 or less, as well as a bakery product compounded with the fat and oil composition for bakery products. The invention also provides use of the fat and oil composition in producing bakery products and a method of producing a bakery product by adding the fat and oil composition to dough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji Kameo, Yoshihide Asabu, Tatsuya Tokunaga, Shinichi Ogiwara
  • Publication number: 20070059425
    Abstract: The invention provides a fat and oil composition for bakery products, which contains 50 to 85 parts by weight of (A) edible fat and oil wherein the content of unsaturated fatty acid residues in the total constituent fatty acids thereof is 75 wt % or more, 10 to 35 parts by weight of (B) an emulsifier, and 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of (C) a humectant, wherein the (A)/(B) ratio by weight is 6.5 or less, as well as a bakery product compounded with the fat and oil composition for bakery products. The invention also provides use of the fat and oil composition in producing bakery products and a method of producing a bakery product by adding the fat and oil composition to dough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Kameo, Yoshihide Asabu, Tatsuya Tokunaga, Shinichi Ogiwara
  • Patent number: 6743459
    Abstract: The invention provides an acidic oil-in-water type emulsion composition which has an oil phase containing at least 20 % by weight of diacylglycerol and 0.5 to 5.0 % by weight of a crystallization inhibitor, and has excellent shelf stability at low temperatures though it contains diacylglycerol at a high concentration, also good in appearance and flavor and useful as a diet or food for improving lipid metabolism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Shiiba, Yoshihide Asabu, Shigeru Kawai, Yoshinobu Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20030096050
    Abstract: A food product containing the following-non-polymerized components (A) and (B):
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Setsujiro Inaoka, Yoshihide Asabu, Koji Hanaoka, Yoshikazu Ogura, Shinichi Meguro, Tomohito Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20020119239
    Abstract: The invention provides an acidic oil-in-water type emulsion composition which has an oil phase containing at least 20 % by weight of diacylglycerol and 0.5 to 5.0 % by weight of a crystallization inhibitor, and has excellent shelf stability at low temperatures though it contains diacylglycerol at a high concentration, also good in appearance and flavor and useful as a diet or food for improving lipid metabolism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Shiiba, Yoshihide Asabu, Shigeru Kawai, Yoshinobu Nakajima