Patents Assigned to American Maize Technology, Inc.
  • Adhesive composition for cigarette seams
    Patent number: 5490875
    Abstract: The adhesive composition is a cooked blend of a waxy starch white dextrin and a waxy starch hydrolysate having a DE of around 20. The adhesive composition can be made to have a solids level of up to 70% and the ratio of dextrin to hydrolysate in the adhesive is 1:1 to 1:2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: American Maize Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vilas Wermers, Michael Romanovich
  • Caseinate replacement composition for imitation cheese and process for making imitation cheese
    Patent number: 5486375
    Abstract: The caseinate replacement composition for imitation cheese is made of a granular hydroxypropylated, high amylose starch having a degree of substitution of greater than 0.04, gelatin and a gum such as pectin and carrageenan. The gum is used to decrease the amount of gelatin necessary and to improve the texture of the overall cheese analog. The caseinate replacement composition replaces all or a portion of the caseinate in the imitation cheese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: American Maize Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Yoder, Shau-Gan Chang, Ansui Xu, Thomas Domoras
  • Beta-limit dextrin from dull waxy starch
    Patent number: 5482560
    Abstract: Beta-limit dextrins manufactured from dull waxy starch have a unique size and structure compared to conventional beta-limit dextrins. Their degree of polymerization is 15,000 to 20,000 and DE of below 1. They are soluble and more stable in aqueous solutions than conventional beta-limit dextrins which make them good carriers for flavoring oils and good beverage clouding agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: American Maize Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Ammeraal, Robert Friedman
  • Foodstuffs containing sugary-2 starch
    Patent number: 5476674
    Abstract: Su2 starch produces gels that set firmer and faster than conventional starch gels to include the so-called high amylose starches. Su2 starch also can be used in foodstuff to replace high amylose starch and thin-thick chemically modified starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: American Maize Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Friedman, Richard Hauber, Frances Katz
  • Method for making a steroid water soluble
    Patent number: 5376641
    Abstract: A complex of branched beta cyclodextrin and steroid is formed by mixing a steroid and a branched beta cyclodextrin together in water for a period of about 4 to 24 hours under ambient conditions. The solubility of the steroid is increased about 95 times by employing the complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: American Maize Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert N. Ammeraal
  • Adhesives and sealants
    Patent number: 5352717
    Abstract: The improved adhesion is provided by incorporating into an adhesive and/or sealant plastic material an effective amount of cyclodextrin or a complex of cyclodextrin and blowing agent. Where the complex of cyclodextrin and blowing agent is employed, an expandable mixture is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: American Maize Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Finn Bergishagen
  • White waxy starch dextrins for use in adhesives
    Patent number: 5336328
    Abstract: A white waxy corn starch dextrin produces a paste of excellent color and clarity when compared to waxy corn starch dextrins without the need for bleaching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: American Maize Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Mauro, Ronald Kozlowski, Larry Benko
  • Process for producing alpha-cyclodextrin using cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase in presence of cyclohexane
    Patent number: 5326701
    Abstract: A process for producing alpha-cyclodextrin using cyclomaltoextrin glucanotransferase is disclosed. The enzyme is obtained from Bacillus macerans. Starch hydrolysate is treated with the enzyme at a temperature of between about 15.degree. C. and about 40.degree. C. wherein the conversion is performed in the presence of cyclohexane and substantially no gamma-cyclodextrin is produced. The resulting alpha-cyclodextrin is then recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: American Maize Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Wen J. Shieh, Allan R. Hedges
  • Process for producing a pharmaceutical tablet using a homozygous white starch
    Patent number: 5292519
    Abstract: The use of a starch obtained from a plant source that is homozygous in a white recessive gene, such as white common corn starch, has superior compression and ejection forces compared to commercial disintegrantants/binders. The starch derived from common corn containing the homozygous white recessive gene was also found to have comparable whiteness to commercial bleached corn starches used in tableting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: American Maize Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Mauro, Frances L. Turnak
  • Adhesives and sealants
    Patent number: 5258414
    Abstract: The improved adhesion is provided by incorporating into an adhesive and/or sealant plastic material an effective amount of cyclodextrin or a complex of cyclodextrin and blowing agent. Where the complex of cyclodextrin and blowing agent is employed, an expandable mixture is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: American Maize Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Finn Bergishagen