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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2022
Trucapsol Llc, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Jiten Dihora, Center Valley, PA (US);
Stephen Crescimanno, Hatfield, PA (US);
TRUCAPSOL LLC, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a modified biopolymer having the formula A-XY wherein: (a) A is a starting material selected from the group consisting of a polysaccharide, a protein and a cellulose; (b) X is a first moiety bearing a functionality co-reactive with A; (c) Y is a second moiety covalently bound to X, capable of undergoing free radical polymerization and bearing at least two ethylenically unsaturated functional groups; (d) the starting material A and the first moiety X are linked covalently through linkages selected from the group consisting of an ester, an amide, a urethane, a urea, a sulfonate ester, a phosphate ester and an ether; and (e) a degree of substitution of the starting material A with the first moiety X is less than 0.5 but more than 0.1. Compositions including the modified biopolymer and methods for making them are also disclosed.