Patents Represented by Attorney Donald George Marion
  • Patent number: 3956065
    Abstract: Process of enzymatically converting glucose to fructose wherein a glucose-containing solution is passed, under specific conditions, through a bed composed of an immobilized glucose isomerase in a fine, particulate form and non-porous beads or granular inert material such as polystyrene beads. The porous beads and granular inert material comprise between 40% and about 75% of the bed by volume. The bead's presence exerts a buoyant effect which prevents bed packing and promotes desirable flow patterns with no observable channelling. This helps to minimize the formation of undesired or undesirable carbohydrates such as psicose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1973
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Assignee: CPC International Inc.
    Inventors: Leo R. Idaszak, Richard A. Terranova, Robert E. Heady