US Patent Issued to NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 4 on Aug. 25 for "Compositions comprising insoluble alpha-glucan" (American, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,981, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 4 INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Compositions comprising insoluble alpha-glucan" was invented by Kyle Hyun Chang Kim (Wilmington, Del.), Natnael Behabtu (Oegstgeest, Netherlands), Simon Eustace (Lincoln University, Pa.), John E. Crosier (Bear, Del.) and Frank Messick (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions comprising (i) an insoluble alpha-glucan and soluble alpha-glucan derivative, or (ii) an insoluble alpha-glucan and additive. These compositions can be in the form of particles, for example, such as particles comprising insoluble a...