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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:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norman A Portnoy, Decatur, IL (US);
James E Eastman, Decatur, IL (US);
Assignee:
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, Decatur, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C07G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536120 ; 536124 ;
Abstract
A cold-water-swellable granular starch which affords aqueous solutions or dispersions having high-viscosity and/or excellent clarity is provided. In one embodiment, the granular starch is made cold-water swellable by contact with aqueous alcohol, then derivatized with an .alpha.-halocarboxylic acid, and then isolated under condition which inhibit esterification of the granular starch, e.g. high pH, to afford a starch that has excellent paste clarity. In other embodiments, the cold-water-swellable granular starch is crosslinked to afford a starch that has very high paste viscosity.