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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. 26, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Tsai, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Christopher L Kulp, Palmer, PA (US);
Walter Maliczyszyn, Somerville, NJ (US);
Paul A Altieri, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
David C Rawlins, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Assignee:
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; C08J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
521 841 ; 106122 ; 1062152 ; 1062153 ;
Abstract
An expanded shaped product with improved flexural compressibility and surface properties comprising starch and a hydrophobically modified acid anhydride or its acid hydrolyzed counterpart and the method of preparing such product by extrusion.