Patents by Inventor Yoshimi Oku

Yoshimi Oku 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 ALCOHOL-FREE BEER-TASTE SPARKLING BEVERAGE HAVING FRUITY AROMA IMPARTED THERETO WITH REDUCED OFF FLAVOR
    Publication number: 20140220222
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an alcohol-free beer-taste sparkling beverage imparted with a fruity aroma and a reduced off-flavor; and an alcohol-free beer-taste sparkling beverage imparted with a fruity aroma and a reduced off-flavor produced by the aforesaid production method. “The method for producing an alcohol-free beer-taste sparkling beverage imparted with a fruity aroma and a reduced off-flavor” in the present invention is characterized by use of a hop or a hop component stored and aged in the state of being in contact with air as a hop or a hop component used during a raw material liquid-boiling step, or adjustment of the contents of myrcene, linalool, and nerol in the beer-taste sparkling beverage so as to satisfy five particular numerical ranges by boiling the hop or the hop component in a raw material liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Murakami, Yoshimi Oku, Yukimasa Owa, Yumiko Kawasaki