Patents by Inventor Rita Maria Delrue

Rita Maria Delrue 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).

  • Microprocessing in heterogeneous reaction mixtures
    Patent number: 8686132
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a chemically modified polysaccharide, preferably starch, by using a microdevice. It further relates to the use of a microdevice for the chemical reactions of polysaccharides in heterogeneous mixtures. Examples of chemical modifications are acetylation, oxidation, hydroxypropylation and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Marc Charles Florent Berckmans, Rita Maria Delrue, Bruno Frédéric Stengel
  • MICROPROCESSING IN HETEROGENEOUS REACTION MIXTURES
    Publication number: 20120172586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a chemically modified polysaccharide, preferably starch, by using a microdevice. It further relates to the use of a microdevice for the chemical reactions of polysaccharides in heterogeneous mixtures. Examples of chemical modifications are acetylation, oxidation, hydroxypropylation and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: CARGILL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Marc Charles Florent Berckmans, Rita Maria Delrue, Bruno Frédéric Stengel