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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:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masanori Ogawa, Hamakita, JP;
Takehiko Ito, Hamakita, JP;
Chikako Ishigai, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hirokazu Maeda, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Hitoshi Furuta, Sakai, JP;
Mitsuo Hattori, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Assignees:
Freund Industrial Co., Ltd., , JP;
Fuji Oil Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424494 ; 424440 ; 424489 ; 424463 ; 424474 ; 424490 ; 426 89 ;
Abstract
A coated product in the form of solid particles of a food or pharmaceutical wherein the particles are each coated with a water-soluble hemicellulose. The water-soluble hemicellulose has a viscosity in the range of from 50 to 1,000 mPa.multidot.s at 25.degree. C. when dissolved in water in an amount of 10% by weight and has a reducing sugar content of 5% by weight or less and an amino acid content, as measured by assay with 2,4,6-trinitrobenezene sulfonic acid, of 1.0% by weight or less.