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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Steven P. Bitler, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Steven P. Bitler, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Landec Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/01 (2006.01); C08K 5/10 (2006.01); A61K 47/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Novel thickeners for oil-containing compositions are crystalline polymers, preferably side chain crystalline polymers, which (a) have a crystalline melting point, T, and an onset of melting temperature, T, such that T−Tis less than T; (b) are soluble in the oil at temperatures above T, and (c) have been dispersed in the oil by a process which comprises (i)dissolving the polymer in the oil at a temperature above T, and (ii) cooling the solution from step (i) to crystallize the polymer in the oil.