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US 2012/0178858 A1Published application
Isosorbide-Plasticized Starch And Uses Thereof
OwnerAndrew Julian Wnuk, Shrish Yashwant Rane +1inventors
InventorsAndrew Julian Wnuk, Shrish Yashwant Rane, James Terry Knapmeyer
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Abstract
Starch plasticized, wholly or in part, with isosorbide, isomannide, isoidide, or a mixture thereof is disclosed. Blends of the plasticized starch and a synthetic polymer, like a polyolefin, also are disclosed.
Claims12
A plasticized starch comprising:
- (a) a starch or a starch derivative;
- and
- (b) isosorbide, isomannide, isoidide, or a mixture thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.