Patents Assigned to FMC Biopolymer AS
  • High strength capsules, process of preparing and using the same
    Patent number: 6165503
    Abstract: In the formation of capsules having a polyanionic polysaccharide core and a polycationic polysaccharide membrane layer, improved binding of the polycationic polysaccharide is achieved by including polyvalent ions, especially calcium ions, at the membrane forming step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: FMC Biopolymer A.S.
    Inventors: Olav G.ang.ser.o slashed.d, .O slashed.ivind Skaugrud, Peter Dettmar, Gudmund Sj.ang.k-Braek, Ian Jolliffe
  • Procedure for producing uronic acid blocks from alginate
    Patent number: 6121441
    Abstract: A new procedure for producing block fractions from alginate, mainly G block alginate or M block alginate, by selective fractionated release of the M block fraction from the solid phase. MG block fractions can also be isolated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: FMC Biopolymer AS
    Inventors: Merethe Kamfjord Simensen, Olav Smidsr.o slashed.d, Kurt Draget, Finn Hjelland
  • Substrates having bound polysaccharides and bacterial nucleic acids
    Patent number: 6087342
    Abstract: The cytokine stimulating effects of immune- stimulating polysaccharides and bacterial nucleic acids, and of lower molecular weight fragments thereof, is potentiated by coupling the immune-stimulating bioactive substance to the surface of a substrate, which is preferably in particulate form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: FMC Biopolymer AS
    Inventors: Terje Espevik, Gudmund Skj.ang.k-Br.ae butted.k