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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:
Jan. 21, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
George R Sanderson, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Dave Ortega, San Diego, CA (US);
Tom Sifferman, El Cajon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536-3 ; 536126 ; 210263 ;
Abstract
The invention is a gel comprising water, sodium ions, calcium ions, and about 0.3 and 4% alginate, wherein the ratio of sodium ions to calcium ions is between about 15:1 to about 45:1. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the alginate comprises mannuronic acid and guluronic acid in a weight ratio of between about 2:1 and 0.35:1.