Patents by Inventor Daniel R. Burgum

Daniel R. Burgum 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).

  • Blends of high acyl gellan gum with starch
    Patent number: 4869916
    Abstract: Blends of high acyl gellan and starch having textural and functional properties comparable to those of starch alone and fast-gelling food products, made with the blends, which food products have high shear-stability and low-rigidity. Methods of preparing the native gellan and starch blends of the invention and gelled products containing the blends are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ross C. Clark, Daniel R. Burgum