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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:
Mar. 07, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald L Johnson, Muscatine, IA (US);
Assignee:
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, Decatur, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B / ; C13L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536106 ; 426463 ; 127 70 ; 127 32 ; 127 33 ; 162175 ;
Abstract
A method of improving the utility of corn bran (i.e., hulls derived from milling) is provided. The corn bran is crosslinked with a polyvalent compound capable of forming a plurality of covalent bonds to one or more constituents of the corn bran. The crosslinked corn bran finds particular utility in papermaking. Paper furnishes and paper products derived therefrom are also provided.