Patents by Inventor Yoshiko HONME

Yoshiko HONME 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).

  • PROTEIN HAVING FERMENTED MILK VISCOSITY IMPROVING EFFECT, FERMENTED MILK USING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20230404093
    Abstract: The present invention provides at least one protein selected from the group consisting of the following proteins (a) to (d): (a) a protein which is composed of an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a protein which is, in the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, composed of an amino acid sequence in which one or more amino acids other than tyrosine at position 40 are substituted, deleted, inserted, and/or added and has a fermented milk viscosity improving effect; (c) a protein which is composed of an amino acid sequence having 80% or more identity with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, has tyrosine as an amino acid corresponding to position 40 of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, and has a fermented milk viscosity improving effect; and (d) a protein which is composed of an amino acid sequence encoded by a DNA that hybridizes under stringent conditions with a complementary strand of a DNA composed of the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin FUJIWARA, Yoshiko HONME, Yasuko SASAKI, Hiromu KUDO