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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2018
E I Du Pont DE Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Timothy Allan Bell, Wilmington, DE (US);
Dean M. Fake, Wilmington, DE (US);
Scott M. Herkimer, Wilmington, DE (US);
Dhiren V. Patel, Hockessin, DE (US);
Tyler D. Pritchett, Bear, DE (US);
DUPONT INDUSTRIAL BIOSCIENCES USA, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising polysaccharide particles with an average size of about 0.1-10 mm. These particles comprise at least (i) about 50%-90% by weight water or an aqueous solution, and (ii) about 10%-50% by weight insoluble alpha-glucan, or an insoluble cationic ether thereof, comprising alpha-1,3-glycosidic linkages and having a weight-average degree of polymerization (DPw) of at least about 100. Further disclosed are methods of preparing these compositions, as well as systems for storing and/or moving them.