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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:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B / ; C08B / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536123 ; 426658 ; 5361231 ; 536124 ;
Abstract
Branched fructo-oligosaccharides consisting of a chain which comprises mainly fructose units and has a preferred chain length of 2 to 15 units, on which are fixed one or more side chains mainly composed of fructose units. The length of the side chain, which may be straight or branched, is of 1 to 10 units. A composition consisting of one or more of the above mentioned branched fructo-oligosaccharides and, particularly, mixtures comprising, apart from the branched fructo-oligosaccharides, other ingredients such as proteins, lipids or fatty acids, carbohydrates, fibers and other additives, are also described.