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US 5,510,392 AGranted
Polyalpha olefins for food and pharmaceutical applications
AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorsMaureen H. Feuston, Choudari Kommineni, Lawrence K. Low, Carl R. Mackerer
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Abstract
A synthetic hydrocarbon-based material for direct use in foods and pharmaceuticals which includes a hydrogenated oligomer of an alpha olefin having 5 to 20 carbon atoms.
Claims11
In an ingestible food- or pharmaceutical-grade material for mammalian consumption by ingestion, which includes a hydrocarbon component, the improvement comprising the presence, as the hydrocarbon component, of a synthetic hydrocarbon-based material which includes a hydrogenated oligomer of an alpha olefin having 5 to 20 carbon atoms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.