Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Kanabuchi

Yoshiyuki Kanabuchi 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 of processing green coffee beans
    Patent number: 9867385
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of processing green coffee beans that improves the aromas and flavors of green coffee beans through simple means, allowing richly fragrant green coffee beans that have unique aromas to be obtained with ease. A method of processing green coffee beans includes a fermentation process by bringing green coffee beans, which are unground seeds from coffee berries, microorganisms, and nutritive substances that are metabolized by the microorganisms into contact with one another to cause fermentation, followed by a separation process of separating out only said green coffee beans that have passed through the fermentation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Suntory Beverage & Food Limited
    Inventors: Kenzo Takahashi, Yoshikiyo Minami, Yoshiyuki Kanabuchi, Keiko Togami, Morio Mitsuhashi
  • Method of processing green coffee beans
    Publication number: 20070190207
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of processing green coffee beans that improves the aromas and flavors of green coffee beans through simple means, allowing richly fragrant green coffee beans that have unique aromas to be obtained with ease. A method of processing green coffee beans includes a fermentation process by bringing green coffee beans, which are unground seeds from coffee berries, microorganisms, and nutritive substances that are metabolized by the microorganisms into contact with one another to cause fermentation, followed by a separation process of separating out only said green coffee beans that have passed through the fermentation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: SUNTORY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenzo Takahashi, Yoshikiyo Minami, Yoshiyuki Kanabuchi, Keiko Togami, Morio Mitsuhashi