Patents by Inventor Yuki KITATANI

Yuki KITATANI 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).

  • Powdered oil and/or fat, food and drink containing powdered oil and/or fat, and method for manufacturing powdered oil and/or fat
    Patent number: 10993455
    Abstract: A powdered oil and/or fat that includes a high proportion of a medium-chain fatty-acid triglyceride, has excellent solubility and fluidity, and gives rise to little oil flotation during dissolution. The powdered oil and/or fat includes a medium-chain fatty-acid triglyceride, an octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch mixture, and a dextrin, in which the octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch mixture includes a first octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch of which the viscosity of a 10 mass % aqueous solution at 25° C. is less than 30 mPa·S, and a second octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch of which the viscosity of a 10 mass % aqueous solution at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kitatani, Takashi Ito, Ryuji Noda
  • POWDERED OIL AND/OR FAT, FOOD AND DRINK CONTAINING POWDERED OIL AND/OR FAT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POWDERED OIL AND/OR FAT
    Publication number: 20170245515
    Abstract: A powdered oil and/or fat that includes a high proportion of a medium-chain fatty-acid triglyceride, has excellent solubility and fluidity, and gives rise to little oil flotation during dissolution. The powdered oil and/or fat includes a medium-chain fatty-acid triglyceride, an octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch mixture, and a dextrin, in which the octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch mixture includes a first octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch of which the viscosity of a 10 mass % aqueous solution at 25° C. is less than 30 mPa·S, and a second octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch of which the viscosity of a 10 mass % aqueous solution at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Yuki KITATANI, Takashi ITO, Ryuji NODA