Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Shirakura

Yoshiyuki Shirakura 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).

  • ORAL ADMINISTRATION COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20120282358
    Abstract: A composition which has high safety and is excellent in the effect of reducing body fat, such as visceral fat, subcutaneous fat and the like, and neutral fat, and a food, a pharmaceutical and a feed comprising the same, are provided. An oral administration composition having a body fat reducing action and/or a neutral fat reducing action, which is a composition comprising a carotenoid and a sphingolipid or a carotenoid and a flavonoid and/or a derivative thereof, preferably a composition comprising a cryptoxanthin and a sphingolipid or a cryptoxanthin and a flavonoid and/or a derivative thereof, wherein the cryptoxanthin and/or the sphingolipid and/or the flavonoid are derived from a citrus fruit and the citrus fruit is preferably Citrus unshiu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki MUKAI, Yoshiyuki SHIRAKURA
  • ORAL ADMINISTRATION COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20100273727
    Abstract: A composition which has high safety and is excellent in the effect of reducing body fat, such as visceral fat, subcutaneous fat and the like, and neutral fat, and a food, a pharmaceutical and a feed comprising the same, are provided. An oral administration composition having a body fat reducing action and/or a neutral fat reducing action, which is a composition comprising a carotenoid and a sphingolipid or a carotenoid and a flavonoid and/or a derivative thereof, preferably a composition comprising a cryptoxanthin and a sphingolipid or a cryptoxanthin and a flavonoid and/or a derivative thereof, wherein the cryptoxanthin and/or the sphingolipid and/or the flavonoid are derived from a citrus fruit and the citrus fruit is preferably Citrus unshiu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Mukai, Yoshiyuki Shirakura