William F. Semple, a dentist, was awarded the first US Patent on chewing gum in 1869. His recipe contained powdered chalk.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8017742 | Gene carrier Disclosed is a gene carrier composed of a hydrogen-bonding polymer having a polymer chain with hydrogen-bonding sites formed on the polymer chain, in which the polymer chain has a conformation similar to the conformation of a nucleic acid, and particularly, the poly... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7935683 | Polysaccharide-carbon nanotube complex Disclosed is a complex which comprises a carbon nanotube and a modified polysaccharide having a backbone chain with the side thereof being introduced with monosaccharide or oligosaccharide residues. The polysaccharide is preferably β-1,3-glucan. The complex is prep... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7790189 | Immunostimulating agents Disclosed is a new type of immunostimulating agent including an immunostimulating oligonucleotide complexed with a carrier which is safe and has a high transfection effect. The carrier complexed with the immunostimulating oligonucleotide to form the immunostimulatin... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7416745 | Preventives or remedies for infection, anti-endotoxin agents, vaccine adjuvants and growth promoters A preventive or remedy for infection, an anti-endotoxin agents, a vaccine adjuvants and a growth promoter each comprising a sugar cane-derived extract as an active ingredient which agent is safe to man and animals. Also presented are foods and feeds comprising these... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7368136 | Preventives or remedies for infection, anti-endotoxin agents, vaccine adjuvants and growth promoters A preventive or remedy for infection, an anti-endotoxin agents, a vaccine adjuvants and a growth promoter each comprising a sugar cane-derived extract as an active ingredient which agent is safe to man and animals. Also presented are foods and feeds comprising these... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7150885 | Preventives/remedies for infection, anti-endtoxin agents, vaccine adjuvants and growth promoters A preventive or remedy for infection, an anti-endotoxin agents, a vaccine adjuvants and a growth promoter each comprising a sugar cane-derived extract as an active ingredient which agent is safe to man and animals. Also presented are foods and feeds comprising these... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6586019 | Deodorant The present deodorizing substance is obtained by treating a raw material selected from sugar cane juice and sugar cane-derived molasses by column chromatography, and characterized in that the substance is a fraction obtained by passing the aforesaid raw m... | 07/01/2003 |
| 5989351 | Noncentrifugal sugar composition and a process for the preparation of a sugar product The present invention provides a process for the preparation of a noncentrifugal sugar composition. The process comprises the following steps: cane juice is filtered; a pH of the juice is adjusted to 5.0-6.0; sucrose or liquid sucrose or both is added to ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5336617 | Process for preparing trehalulose and isomaltulose The present invention relates to a process for preparing trehalulose and isomaltulose wherein at least the trehalulose-forming enzyme system of a trehalulose-forming microorganism is contacted with a sucrose solution to convert it into trehalulose and iso... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5229276 | Process for preparing trehalulose and isomaltulose The present invention relates to a process for preparing trehalulose and isomaltulose wherein at least the trehalulose-forming enzyme system of a trehalulose-forming microorganism is contacted with a sucrose solution to convert it into trehalulose and iso... | 07/20/1993 |
| 4695326 | Low-cariogenic sweetners The sweetner prepared by adding palatinose to sucrose is a low-cariogenic since palatinose is not only low cariogenic in itself, but also inhibits the formation of insoluble glucan from sucrose in an oral cavity. Since the sweetner is almost same as sucrose in... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4556429 | Low-cariogenic sweetners The sweetner prepared by adding palatinose to sucrose is a low-cariogenic since palatinose is not only low cariogenic in itself, but also inhibits the formation of insoluble glucan from sucrose in an oral cavity. Since the sweetner is almost same as sucrose in... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4386158 | Method of producing palatinose with immobilized alpha-glucosyl transferase Palatinose is produced from sucrose with an immobilized bacteria containing alpha-glucosyl transferase. The bacteria is immobilized by entrapping cells of the bacteria in calcium alginate gel granules and treating the granules with polyethyleneimine and g... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4191810 | Process for the production of immobilized glucose isomerase Immobilized glucose isomerase preparation is prepared from microbial cells of Actinomycetes having glucose isomerase activity by the following procedures: A liquid culture of said microorganism is adjusted to a pH value of 6 to 9, heated to a temperature ... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4115147 | Process for producing nutritive sugar from cane juice A process of producing a nutritive sugar as being non-centrifugal sugar from cane juice by treating said cane juice by ultrafiltration means, then concentrating by evaporation the permeate obtained thereby and furthermore the concentrate obtained at the s... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4089701 | Process for solidifying molasses Homogeneous, solidified molasses can be successfully obtained by concentrating under heat molasses, oils and fats and/or higher fatty acid esters at a temperature of between 110° and 175° C in the presence of alkali in such an amount as to regulate the ... | 05/16/1978 |