ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,570, issued on May 27, was assigned to ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS LTD. (Tokyo).
"Beer-taste fermented malt beverage" was invented by Jun Kubota (Tokyo) and Syotaro Maekawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the invention is to provide a beer-taste fermented malt beverage with an alcohol concentration of less than 1% (v/v), which is excellent in robust feeling of drinking, excellent in sweetness in harmony with sourness, and has beer-like flavor. The means for solving the problems is a beer-taste fermented malt beverage containing a wort fermented liquid, having a real extract concentration of 3.5% (w/w) or more, and an alco...