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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2021
Applicant:
Naturbeads Ltd, Malmesbury, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Naturbeads Ltd, Malmesbury, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 3/12 (2006.01); B01F 23/41 (2022.01); B01F 25/452 (2022.01); C08J 3/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 3/12 (2013.01); B01F 23/4105 (2022.01); B01F 23/4142 (2022.01); B01F 23/4143 (2022.01); B01F 23/4146 (2022.01); B01F 25/4522 (2022.01); C08J 3/096 (2013.01); C08J 2301/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method for preparing biopolymer particles, said method comprising a membrane emulsification of a dispersed phase into a continuous phase wherein the dispersed phase comprises the biopolymer in a solvent, and wherein passing the dispersed phase through the membrane forms an emulsion of the biopolymer in the continuous phase; and a phase inversion with an anti-solvent to form particles of the biopolymer; wherein prior to (b), the emulsion is cooled to a temperature, T. Also provided are biopolymer particles obtained from the method.