Branded Ingredients

Ingredients that makers sell under their own brand names (trademarks), and the patents on them.

Branded ingredients
Branded ingredient	Maker	Ingredients	US patents	Japanese patents (same invention)	Products
BioPerine	Sabinsa	Piperine Black Pepper	5,536,506Expired5,972,382Expired	JP 3953513Expired	1,944
BioPQQ	Mitsubishi Gas Chemical	Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Disodium Salt Pyrroloquinoline Quinone	9,174,983Expires 6/15/2032	ApplicationNot granted	38
FloraGLO	Kemin	Lutein	5,382,714Expired	JP 2790212Expired	223
Kaneka Ubiquinol(Kaneka QH)	Kaneka	Ubiquinol	7,169,590Expired7,829,080Expires 4/27/2027	JP 4149917LapsedJP 5286081In force until 4/27/2027	123
Lutemax(Lutemax 2020, etc.)	OmniActive	Lutein Zeaxanthin	6,743,953Expired	JP 4252535Lapsed	348
Suntheanine	Taiyo Kagaku	L-Theanine	7,335,497Expired8,211,674Expired	JP 4210325LapsedJP 4874105Expired	176

A branded ingredient is an ingredient that its maker sells under its own name (a trademark). Trademarks belong to their owners. In the ingredients table, most of them have the role “Form” of the ingredient they contain.
A patent grants rights to a new invention. It does not mean that any government has confirmed efficacy or safety.
US patents have no effect in Japan. “Japanese patents” are patents granted in Japan for the same invention; we checked their status on Google Patents on 10/24/2026. “Lapsed” means the rights ended before the end of the term because the fees were not paid. The status and check date of each US patent are on its patent page.
Product counts are the total of products on the market in the US and Japan, counted the same way as on the Raw Materials page. For the US, these are DSLD products that name the material in the ingredient list or in its form (the “as …” part). For Japan, these are Foods with Function Claims whose functional ingredient name, or whose safety evaluation sheet (Form II) in the notification, names the material as that product’s raw material. When the DSLD has several label versions of the same product, only the newest label is counted. The articles use the same counts.
Form II was checked only for notifications whose functional ingredients include lutein, zeaxanthin, reduced coenzyme Q10, theanine or PQQ (10/25/2026). BioPerine has not been checked yet, so its count includes no Japanese products.
A name on the label or in the notification does not mean the ingredient in that product was made by the patented method.
Rows are in name order, not ranked.

Branded ingredient

Maker

Ingredients

US patents

Japanese patents (same invention)

Products

BioPerine

Sabinsa

Piperine Black Pepper

5,536,506Expired5,972,382Expired

JP 3953513Expired

1,944

BioPQQ

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical

Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Disodium Salt Pyrroloquinoline Quinone

9,174,983Expires 6/15/2032

ApplicationNot granted

FloraGLO

Kemin

Lutein

5,382,714Expired

JP 2790212Expired

223

Kaneka Ubiquinol(Kaneka QH)

Kaneka

Ubiquinol

7,169,590Expired7,829,080Expires 4/27/2027

JP 4149917LapsedJP 5286081In force until 4/27/2027

123

Lutemax(Lutemax 2020, etc.)

OmniActive

Lutein Zeaxanthin

6,743,953Expired

JP 4252535Lapsed

348

Suntheanine

Taiyo Kagaku

L-Theanine

7,335,497Expired8,211,674Expired

JP 4210325LapsedJP 4874105Expired

176