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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:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark E Jason, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Dennis J Kalota, Fenton, MO (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424408 ; 424456 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a process for microencapsulation of materials by means of complex coacervation employeing gelatin and polyaspartic acid. Material to be encapsulated is emulsified in an aqueous solution of gelatin. Polyaspartic acid or a salt thereof is employed to provide a counter ion to the gelatin which, when induced to precipitate from solution by cooling and/or pH change forms a wall around the material. The wall is hardened by crosslinking to form a stable microcapsule containing the material.