IP Library Granted Patent US 7,927,649
Granted Patent B2
US 7,927,649 · App. 11/791,651 · Granted Apr 19, 2011

Oral cavity stimulating substance

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Patent No.
US 7,927,649
App. No.
11/791,651
Granted
Apr 19, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A novel compound causing an oral cavity stimulus such as acridness, which is expressed by the following structural formula (I).

Claims (15)

1. A compound of the following structural formula (I)

2. A compound of the following structural formula (II)

3. A compound of the following structural formula (III)

4. A composition comprising the compound of claim 1 , wherein the compound is added in an amount to stimulate oral cavity.

5. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the compound is derived from a sprouted cereal grain.

6. A food or drink having added thereto a compound of any one of claim 1 , 2 , or 3 .

7. A food or drink as defined in claim 6 , wherein said food or drink is an alcoholic beverage or a nonalcoholic beverage.

8. A food or drink as defined in claim 7 , wherein said alcoholic beverage is a malt fermented drink.

9. A composition comprising the compound of claim 2 , wherein the compound is added in an amount sufficient to stimulate oral cavity.

10. The composition of claim 9 , wherein the compound is derived from a sprouted cereal grain.

11. A composition comprising the compound of claim 3 , wherein the compound is added in an amount sufficient to stimulate oral cavity.

12. The composition of claim 10 , wherein the compound is derived from a sprouted cereal grain.

13. A method of adjusting a degree of acridness of food and drink comprising admixing the compound of claim 1 or a composition comprising thereof, as an acridness agent, to the food or drink to adjust the degree of acridness.

14. A method of adjusting a degree of acridness of food and drink comprising admixing the compound of claim 2 or a composition comprising thereof, as an acridness agent, to the food or drink to adjust the degree of acridness.

15. A method of adjusting a degree of acridness of food and drink comprising admixing the compound of claim 3 or a composition comprising thereof, as an acridness agent, to the food or drink to adjust the degree of acridness.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2009
From: SUNTORY LIMITED
To: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 023076/0235 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2008
From: KAGEYAMA, NORIHIKO; INUI, TAKAKO; NAKAHARA, KOICHI; KOMURA, HAJIME
To: SUNTORY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 020589/0305 →