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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masatugu Kawaragi, Gunma-ken, JP;
Toshiharu Kuraishi, Gunma-ken, JP;
Hisashi Shirasawa, Kasukabe, JP;
Norihisa Takada, Numata, JP;
Katsumi Yuasa, Funabashi, JP;
Saburo Kojima, Numata, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Del Monte Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106406 ; 106407 ; 106493 ; 106499 ; 426429 ; 426540 ;
Abstract
A tomato pigment is obtained by centrifuging a treated mass of tomato, collecting the liquid portion thereof, passing it through a microfilter, recovering the retentate, preferably mixing this retentate with an organic solvent with stirring, and removing the extraction fractionated organic solvent.