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Microbial heteropolysaccharide
Assignee: Lever Brothers Co
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Filing: 1982-08-23
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Granted: 1985-03-19
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Expires: 2002-08-23
Abstract
Abstract An heteropolysaccharide known as Biopolymer PS 87 comprises glucose, galactose, mannose, glucuronic acid and fucose. Biopolymer PS 87 is pseudoplastic, has a consistency at 20° C. of at least 150 poise and a yield stress value at 20° C. of at least 30 dynes/cm 2 . Biopolymer PS 87 is synthesized by a strain of Bacillus polymyxa or a genetically similar micro-organism and has many domestic and industrial uses as a suspending agent or thickener.
Inventors
- 👤 Roger B. Cox
- 👤 David C. Steer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 19:27
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K8/00; C09K8/60; C09K8/84; C09K8/86; C09K8/88; C09K8/90; C09K8/905; A; A23; A23L; A23L29/00; A23L29/20; A23L29/269; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/72; A61K8/73; A61Q; A61Q11/00; C08; C08B; C08B37/00; C08F; C08F2/00; C08F2/12; C08F2/16; C08F2/18; C09D; C09D7/00; C09D7/40; C09D7/43; C09K8/02; C09K8/04; C09K8/14; C09K8/18; C09K8/20; C09K8/206; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/20; C11D3/22; C11D3/222; C12; C12N; C12N1/00; C12N1/20; C12N1/205; C12N15/00; C12N15/09; C12N15/11; C12N15/52; C12P; C12P19/00; C12P19/04; C08L; C08L5/00; C12R; C12R2001/00; C12R2001/01; C12R2001/07; C12R2001/12; C12R2001/185; C12R2001/19; C12R2001/22; C12R2001/38; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S435/00; Y10S435/8215; Y10S435/822; Y10S435/832; Y10S435/838; Y10S507/00; Y10S507/935; Y10S507/936
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
A process for the aqueous suspension polymerization of a liquid monomer to a particulate polymer in which the monomer is chosen from polymerizable derivatives of acrylic acid, or methacrylic acid or its polymerizable derivatives, or esters or ethers of vinyl alcohol, vinylidene chloride, styrene or methylstyrene, or mixtures thereof, the process comprising the step of conducting the polymerization in the presence of from 0.1 to 5% by weight of Biopolymer PS 87, expressed in terms of the weight of monomer present said Biopolymer PS 87 being a heteropolysaccharide which comprises from 40 to 45% by weight of glucose, from 10 to 20% by weight galactose, from 25 to 30% by weight mannose, from 6 to 13% by weight glucuronic acid and from 0 to 1.5% by weight fucose, a 1% by weight solution of said Biopolymer PS 87 having pseudoplastic properties, a consistency at 20° C. of at least 150 poise and a yield stress value at 20° C. of at least 30 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
166 words
A process for the aqueous suspension polymerization of a liquid monomer to a particulate polymer in which the monomer is chosen from polymerizable derivatives of acrylic acid, or methacrylic acid or its polymerizable derivatives, or esters or ethers of vinyl alcohol, vinylidene chloride, styrene or methylstyrene, or mixtures thereof, the process comprising the step of conducting the polymerization in the presence of from 0.1 to 5% by weight of Biopolymer PS 87, expressed in terms of the weight of monomer present said Biopolymer PS 87 being a heteropolysaccharide which comprises from 40 to 45% by weight of glucose, from 10 to 20% by weight galactose, from 25 to 30% by weight mannose, from 6 to 13% by weight glucuronic acid and from 0 to 1.5% by weight fucose, a 1% by weight solution of said Biopolymer PS 87 having pseudoplastic properties, a consistency at 20° C. of at least 150 poise and a yield stress value at 20° C. of at least 30 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process according to claim 1, in which said Biopolymer PS 87 is present at a concentration of from 1 to 4% by weight of the monomer.
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