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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
May. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Graciela Wild Padua, Champaign, IL (US);
Andrianaivo Maherisoa Rakotonirainy, Antananarivo, MG;
Toan Thanh Ha, Can Tho, VN;
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 9/02 ; B29B 1/110 ; B29B 1/112 ; B29C 5/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 9/02 ; B29B 1/110 ; B29B 1/112 ; B29C 5/500 ;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing sheets, films, and articles of manufacture from a corn zein resin. A wet corn zein resin is formed including corn zein and a fatty acid, and the wet zein resin is cold rolled into sheets. The sheets are dried, and the dried zein resin is processed to form sheets, films, and/or articles of manufacture.