Patents by Inventor Dirk De Wit

Dirk De Wit 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).

  • Method for the oxidation of carbohydrates
    Patent number: 5747658
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for the oxidation of carbohydrates with periodate in an aqueous medium, with which method a less than equivalent amount of periodate is used and the periodate is regenerated during the reaction in a separate reaction chamber. The periodate is preferably regenerated electrochemically. The oxidation leads to dialdehyde carbohydrates in which advantageously 30-85% of the available diol groups are oxidized to dialdehyde groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Instituut Voor Agrotechnologisch Onderzoek (ATO-DLO)
    Inventors: Sarah Veelaert, Dirk De Wit, Huibert Tournois