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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:
Dec. 08, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth S Kang, LaJolla, CA (US);
George T Veeder, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536114 ; 149 21 ; 2601 / ; 252 / ; 252315 ; 252352 ; 435101 ; 435104 ; 536-1 ; 536119 ;
Abstract
The new heteropolysaccharide S-84, prepared by fermentation of an unnamed Pseudomonas species, ATCC 31562 has valuable properties as a thickening, suspending and stabilizing agent in aqueous systems. It is especially useful in formulating explosive gels. Its chemical composition is within the following weight ranges of sugars: 8-15% glucuronic acid; 40-50% glucose; 35-45% mannose; 5-15% rhamnose; and 3-9% arabinose; it also contains 1-5% acetyl and 2-7% pyruvate groups.