Patents by Inventor Yukiko Kohara

Yukiko Kohara 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).

  • Use of native gellan gum
    Patent number: 7147885
    Abstract: The invention provides a native gellan gum-containing composition, and particularly based on the multifunctionality thereof, provides freeze/thaw-resistant gel compositions and dehydrated gels and jellies available therefrom, rice cake-like gels and rice cake substitutes, copy foods, cold retention compositions and cooling agents. The invention further provides the use of the above composition as additives for the expression of unique functions, for example a dispersion stabilizer, an additive for thickened compositions, a heat resistance-imparting agent, a syneresis inhibitor, a foam stabilizer, and a food palatability/body-improving agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: San-Ei Gen F.F.I., Inc.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Asano, Norifumi Adachi, Toshio Omoto, Genyo Nakano, Yasuyuki Morita, Kazuro Uchida, Makoto Okumura, Mie Kako, Yukiko Kohara, Tomoaki Sakanashi, Toshinaga Tamiya, Yoshiki Nakao, Hiroo Nakamura, Tadanobu Nishikawa, Yoshiko Nishino, Yumiko Yamada, Nobuharu Yasunami
  • Novel use of native gellan gum
    Publication number: 20030077371
    Abstract: The invention provides a native gellan gum-containing composition, and particularly based on the multifunctionality thereof, provides freeze/thaw-resistant gel compositions and dehydrated gels and jellies available therefrom, rice cake-like gels and rice cake substitutes, copy foods, cold retention compositions and cooling agents. The invention further provides the use of the above composition as additives for the expression of unique functions, for example a dispersion stabilizer, an additive for thickened compositions, a heat resistance-imparting agent, a syneresis inhibitor, a foam stabilizer, and a food palatability/body-improving agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: SAN-EI GEN F.F.I., INC
    Inventors: Hirokazu Asano, Norifumi Adachi, Toshio Omoto, Genyo Nakano, Yasuyuki Morita, Kazuro Uchida, Makoto Okumura, Mie Kako, Yukiko Kohara, Tomoaki Sakanashi, Toshinaga Tamiya, Yoshiki Nakao, Hiroo Nakamura, Tadanobu Nishikawa, Yoshiko Nishino, Yumiko Yamada, Nobuharu Yasunami