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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:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jackie Ray See, Fullerton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bio-Sphere Technology, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 26 ; 514 54 ; 514824 ; 536 185 ; 536115 ; 5361231 ; 536-2 ;
Abstract
A composition for inhibiting absorption of fat and cholesterol from the gut and a method for making and using the composition. The composition comprises .beta.-sitosterol bound irreversibly to pectin to form a .beta.-sitosterol/pectin complex.