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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. 21, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Barry J Nagle, Forsyth, IL (US);
Joseph L Emling, Three Bridges, NJ (US);
William R Mason, Somerville, NJ (US);
Roger Jeffcoat, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C13K / ; C08B / ; A01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
127 36 ; 127 32 ; 127 65 ; 127 67 ; 127 71 ; 800230 ; 800235 ; 800250 ; 800D / ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a waxy maize starch derived from a single plant which is heterozygous for the recessive sugary-2 allele. Such starch has excellent low temperature and freeze-thaw stability, a relatively high peak viscosity, a relatively high pasting temperature, and intact granules. The starch is useful in a wide variety of food, pharmaceutical, and industrial applications.