Patents by Inventor YOSHINAO HORIE

YOSHINAO HORIE 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 CELLULOSE NANOFIBER USING ALMOND SEED COAT
    Publication number: 20200305489
    Abstract: The method of the present invention for producing cellulose nanofiber from almond seed coat includes alkali cooking a food manufacturing by-product containing plant fiber with an alkali acceptable for food use, washing the object, bleaching the pulp component containing cellulose and hemicellulose thus obtained using a chemical acceptable for food use, washing the object with water, and mechanically fibrillating and grinding the pulp component obtained above, thereby obtaining cellulose nanofiber. The present invention allows efficient production of highly safe cellulose nanofiber from a food manufacturing by-product as a raw material, or almond seed coat acceptable for food use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: HIROSHI EBITSUBO, YOSHINAO HORIE, TSUTOMU IKEDA, NORIKO HAYASHI