Patents by Inventor Cameron E. Ferguson

Cameron E. Ferguson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Dry thinned starches process for producing dry thinned starches and products and compositions thereof
    Patent number: 5817180
    Abstract: A novel dry thinned starch produced by continuously feeding a mixture of a base starch and a chemical which hydrolyses the glycosidic linkage of starch to a plug flow reactor, passing the mixture through the reactor, recovering the mixture and neutralizing the mixture. The present invention also includes starches produced by the process and paper products produced from the starch and coated with the starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: A. E. Staley Manufacturing
    Inventors: Cameron E. Ferguson, Lawrence S. Ferro, Robert Mooth, Michael D. Harrison
  • Dry thinned starches, process for producing dry thinned starches, and products and compositions thereof
    Patent number: 5766366
    Abstract: A novel dry thinned starch produced by continuously feeding a mixture of a base starch and a chemical which hydrolyses the glycosidic linkage of starch to a plug flow reactor, passing the mixture through the reactor, recovering the mixture and neutralizing the mixture. The present invention also includes starches produced by the process and paper products produced from the starch and coated with the starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Cameron E. Ferguson, Lawrence S. Ferro, Robert Mooth, Michael D. Harrison