US Patent Issued to Corn Products Development on Sept. 8 for "Compositions of tri-substituted starch and methods for making and using the same" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,167, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Corn Products Development Inc. (Westchester, Ill.).

"Compositions of tri-substituted starch and methods for making and using the same" was invented by Christina Odorisio (Bridgewater, N.J.) and Maria Stewart (Bridgewater, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions containing a modified starch, the starch modified to contain ester linkages to multiple short-chain fatty acids of different lengths; in particular, containing linkages to acetate, propionate, and butyrate. Methods for making and using such starch esters are described, as are compositions including the starc...