Patents by Inventor Yui Kawashima

Yui Kawashima 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).

  • Patent number: 10034489
    Abstract: A liquid food composition that can be conveniently ingested or given with a tube and contains reduced aggregates in the composition is provided. A liquid food composition that shows fluidity in the neutral region, but solidifies in the stomach environment is further provided. According to the production method of the present invention, generation of fine particles in the production process of a liquid food composition containing a divalent metal salt, a protein, and water-soluble dietary fibers is reduced. Therefore, emulsification stability of the composition is improved, clogging of aggregates in strainer disposed in the production line etc. are eliminated, and thus the composition can be efficiently produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Masao Sato, Tadashi Moroshima, Ken Uekita, Shinichi Yokota, Yui Kawashima, Tadaaki Hashimoto, Kazuya Hamada
  • Publication number: 20160143331
    Abstract: A liquid food composition that can be conveniently ingested or given by tube feeding, and can prevent gastroesophageal reflux disease, vomiting, esophagitis, pneumonia, asphyxiation, diarrhea, etc., and can increase feeling of fullness through improvement in the solidification ratio of the composition under the endogastric condition is provided. Since the liquid food composition of the present invention shows superior solidification ratio under the endogastric acidic condition, it can more effectively reduce the risks for developing gastroesophageal reflux disease, vomiting, esophagitis, pneumonia, asphyxiation, diarrhea, etc., and it does not require labor for separately adding a gelling agent etc. at the time of ingestion, and since it is liquid, it can be easily ingested by tube feeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki INOUE, Masao SATO, Tadashi MOROSHIMA, Ken UEKITA, Shinichi YOKOTA, Yui KAWASHIMA, Tadaki HASHIMOTO, Kazuya HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160143330
    Abstract: A liquid food composition that can be conveniently ingested or given with a tube and contains reduced aggregates in the composition is provided. A liquid food composition that shows fluidity in the neutral region, but solidifies in the stomach environment is further provided. According to the production method of the present invention, generation of fine particles in the production process of a liquid food composition containing a divalent metal salt, a protein, and water-soluble dietary fibers is reduced. Therefore, emulsification stability of the composition is improved, clogging of aggregates in strainer disposed in the production line etc. are eliminated, and thus the composition can be efficiently produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki INOUE, Masao SATO, Tadashi MOROSHIMA, Ken UEKITA, Shinichi YOKOTA, Yui KAWASHIMA, Tadaaki HASHIMOTO, Kazuya HAMADA
  • Patent number: 9192573
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid food composition capable of semi-solidifying in the stomach, which is a one-pack type product containing a water-soluble dietary fiber preliminarily added thereto and in the form of a liquid that can be easily taken, and stably sustains the liquid nature thereof during distribution and storage. The liquid food composition, which is capable of semi-solidifying in an acidic region, comprises a water-soluble dietary fiber (a), a specific metal compound (b), a protein (c) and an emulsifier (d), and the particle size distribution of particles contained in said liquid food composition shows two or more peaks in a neutral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Yui Kawashima, Kazuya Hamada, Shinichi Yokota, Hiromi Maeda, Tatsumasa Mae, Jun Tomono
  • Publication number: 20150044290
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid food composition capable of semi-solidifying in the stomach, which is a one-pack type product containing a water-soluble dietary fiber preliminarily added thereto and in the form of a liquid that can be easily taken, and stably sustains the liquid nature thereof during distribution and storage. The liquid food composition, which is capable of semi-solidifying in an acidic region, comprises a water-soluble dietary fiber (a), a specific metal compound (b), a protein (c) and an emulsifier (d), and the particle size distribution of particles contained in said liquid food composition shows two or more peaks in a neutral region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Yui Kawashima, Kazuya Hamada, Shinichi Yokota, Hiromi Maeda, Tatsumasa Mae, Jun Tomono
  • Patent number: 8889617
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid food composition capable of semi-solidifying in the stomach, which is a one-pack type product containing a water-soluble dietary fiber preliminarily added thereto and in the form of a liquid that can be easily taken, and stably sustains the liquid nature thereof during distribution and storage. The liquid food composition, which is capable of semi-solidifying in an acidic region, comprises a water-soluble dietary fiber (a), a specific metal compound (b), a protein (c) and an emulsifier (d), and the particle size distribution of particles contained in said liquid food composition shows two or more peaks in a neutral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Yui Kawashima, Kazuya Hamada, Shinichi Yokota, Hiromi Maeda, Tatsumasa Mae, Jun Tomono
  • Publication number: 20140087055
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an oil-in-water emulsified food product composition. The method includes adding an oil and fat containing a highly hydrophilic emulsifier or a mixture of an oil and fat containing a highly hydrophilic emulsifier and water to water or an aqueous solution of water-soluble minerals and mixing them, then adding a protein or a protein and an additional component, and heating and sterilizing the composition, and the oil and fat contains a medium chain fatty acid in a ratio of more than 0.1% by weight and less than 100% by weight with respect to the total fatty acid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yui Kawashima, Hiroaki Inoue, Shinichi Yokota, Kazuya Hamada, Masao Sato
  • Publication number: 20130172245
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid food composition capable of semi-solidifying in the stomach, which is a one-pack type product containing a water-soluble dietary fiber preliminarily added thereto and in the form of a liquid that can be easily taken, and stably sustains the liquid nature thereof during distribution and storage. The liquid food composition, which is capable of semi-solidifying in an acidic region, comprises a water-soluble dietary fiber (a), a specific metal compound (b), a protein (c) and an emulsifier (d), and the particle size distribution of particles contained in said liquid food composition shows two or more peaks in a neutral region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Yui Kawashima, Kazuya Hamada, Shinichi Yokota, Hiromi Maeda, Tatsumasa Mae, Jun Tomono
  • Publication number: 20130071892
    Abstract: The present invention intends to produce poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(3HB-co-3HHx)] with a high 3-hydroxyhexanoic acid fraction using a vegetable oil as a basic raw material. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of producing a microorganism that produces poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) with a high 3-hydroxyhexanoic acid fraction using a vegetable oil as a basic raw material, by introducing a gene encoding R-hydratase that converts a fatty acid ?-oxidation system intermediate to a monomer, (R)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA [R-3HA-CoA], into a recombinant Cupriavidus necator strain that was conferred an ability of producing P(3HB-co-3HHx).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Toshiaki Fukui, Izumi Orita, Jun Mifune, Yui Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20110052623
    Abstract: Dried microbial cells or microbial extract containing (SS)-SAM in which the progress in SAM chemical degradation or (SS)-SAM epimerization is significantly delayed can be obtained by drying microbial cells or microbial extract containing S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM), followed by maturing treatment. It is possible to stabilize SAM in a composition comprising dried microbial cells or microbial extract containing SAM (1% by weight or more) without the need of strict environment control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Ueda, Yui Kawashima, Ryuuji Miki, Takahiro Ueda, Shiro Kitamura, Hiroshi Kubo