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US3085012A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Process of preparing a rice product

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-02-18
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Granted: 1963-04-09
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Expires: 1980-02-18
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Truman B Wayne

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 23:04
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23B; A23B2/00; A23B2/90; A23B2/92; A23L; A23L7/00; A23L7/10; A23L7/196

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 127 words
THE PROCESS OF PREPARING A DEHYDRATED POROUS RICE PRODUCT, COMPRISING, SUBJECTING DISCRETE GELATINIZED RICE GRAINS TO A FREEZING OPERATION AT A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENTLY LOW AND FOR A PERIOD SUFFICIENT SO AS TO FREZE THE INTERSTITIAL WATER AND THE GEL-BOUND WATER IN THE GRAINS AS ICE, AND AND SUBJECTING THE FROZEN GELATINIZED RICE GRAINS TO A SUBLIMATION OPERATION UNDER DYNAMIC CONDITIONS AND WITHIN A TEMERATURE RANGE INCLUDING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE FROZEN GELATINIZED RICE GRAINS AND UP TO 32*F. AND FOR A PERIOD SUFFICIENT SO AS TO REMOVE A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE INTERSTITIAL AND GEL-BOUND ICE AS ICE VAPOR AND SO AS TO PRODUCE FLOWING RICE GAINS AND SO AS TO PRODUCE VOIDS OR PORES IN THE RICE GRAINS BUT SO AS TO PRESERVE THEIR POROUS STRUCTURE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 127 words
THE PROCESS OF PREPARING A DEHYDRATED POROUS RICE PRODUCT, COMPRISING, SUBJECTING DISCRETE GELATINIZED RICE GRAINS TO A FREEZING OPERATION AT A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENTLY LOW AND FOR A PERIOD SUFFICIENT SO AS TO FREZE THE INTERSTITIAL WATER AND THE GEL-BOUND WATER IN THE GRAINS AS ICE, AND AND SUBJECTING THE FROZEN GELATINIZED RICE GRAINS TO A SUBLIMATION OPERATION UNDER DYNAMIC CONDITIONS AND WITHIN A TEMERATURE RANGE INCLUDING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE FROZEN GELATINIZED RICE GRAINS AND UP TO 32*F. AND FOR A PERIOD SUFFICIENT SO AS TO REMOVE A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE INTERSTITIAL AND GEL-BOUND ICE AS ICE VAPOR AND SO AS TO PRODUCE FLOWING RICE GAINS AND SO AS TO PRODUCE VOIDS OR PORES IN THE RICE GRAINS BUT SO AS TO PRESERVE THEIR POROUS STRUCTURE.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US2808333A Cited
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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-04-08 1966-10-08 1967-04-09 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-04-08 1970-10-08 1971-04-09 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-04-08 1974-10-08 1975-04-09 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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