ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,248, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Roquette Freres (Lestrem, France).
"Thermally modified starches" was invented by Solene Bock (Lambersart, France) and Jacques Legrand (Verquin, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a thermally modified starch produced via the acid route, characterized in that it has a free citrate content of less than 0.05% and a fixed citrate content of between 0.12 and 0.16% and/or a reduction of between 2 and 10deg C. of the gelatinization temperature at RVA peak viscosity, and/or a sedimentation volume of between 15 and 35 mL."
The patent was filed on Feb. 3, 2022, under Applicati...