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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Carroll, Allentown, PA (US);
George L Griffith, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
IMC Chemical Group, Inc., Terre Haute, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07G / ; C08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 18 ; 536114 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to nitrate esters of galactomannan gums and methods of making them comprising reacting a galactomannan gum with a nitrating acid. Nitrate esters of galactomannan gums are useful as thickeners and gelling agents for certain organic solvents.