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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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
C Bryan Skaggs, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas R Sifferman, El Cajon, CA (US);
John M Swazey, San Diego, CA (US);
Harold D Dial, El Cajon, CA (US);
Walter G Rakitsky, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ; C09K / ; C09K / ; C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252 70 ; 106 13 ; 1062031 ; 1062032 ; 252 62 ; 2523153 ; 4352521 ; 435823 ; 507101 ; 507112 ; 507139 ; 507201 ; 507214 ; 507266 ; 536 56 ;
Abstract
Rheologically modified compositions, and rheologically modified fluid compositions prepared therefrom, containing reticulated bacterial cellulose in a polyol base fluid, are disclosed. The amount of reticulated bacterial cellulose present in the composition is an amount effective to viscosify the polyol base fluid.