...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7060293 | Powder-layered oral dosage forms An oral dosage form of morphine is formulated by powder-layering an homogeneous mixture of morphine sulfate and hydrous lactose impalpable onto inert beads to obtain a multiparticulate product. A plurality of the powder-layered beads may be administered either in im... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6579375 | Crystallization of sugars A process for preparing crystalline sugar by providing a solution of a solvent and sugar, exposing the solution to a magentic field having a strength which is sufficient to impart improvements in the processing of the sugar or the properties of the result... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6444044 | Crystallization of sugars A process for preparing crystalline sugar by providing a solution of a solvent and sugar, exposing the solution to a magnetic field having a strength which is sufficient to impart improvements in the processing of the sugar or the properties of the result... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6288222 | Method of filtration of a dairy stream This invention relates to a method of filtering of a dairy stream.... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6077358 | Compositions and method of treatment of whey A composition for use as a processing aid in the concentration of whole cheese whey and in the recovery of lactose from cheese whey by a separation process followed by a concentrating process via reverse osmosis filtration or evaporation, wherein, in one ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5989352 | Lactitol composition and process for the preparation thereof The invention relates to a new anhydrous lactitol crystalline composition exhibiting essentially a porous and cellular structure and possessing a very high lactitol crystalline purity. This composition has remarkable functional properties, making its use ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5779806 | Crystalline anhydrous lactitol and a process for the preparation thereof as well as use thereof The invention relates to a novel crystalline anhydrous lactitol, a process for the preparation thereof, and the use thereof. The novel crystalline anhydrous lactitol belongs to the monoclinic crystal system and has the unit cell constants: (a)=7.614 Å, (... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5494525 | Crystalline anhydrous lactitol and a process for the preparation thereof as well as use thereof The invention relates to a novel crystalline anhydrous lactitol, a process for the preparation thereof, and the use thereof. The novel crystalline anhydrous lactitol belongs to the monoclinic crystal system and has the unit cell constants: (a)=7.614 A; (b... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5304251 | Crystalline lactulose trihydrate and a method for its manufacture A crystalline lactulose trihydrate having molecular formula of C12 H22 O11.3H.sub.2 O and a method for its manufacture, which comprises crystallization from a lactulose syrup at a temperature of 2°-20° C., the starting l... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5200517 | Inclusion-complexing agent for use in isolation of xylene isomer(s) and/or ethylbenzene A mixture of xylene isomers or a mixture of a xylene isomer(s) and ethylbenzene is brought into contact with at least one specific substituted -cyclodextrin to form an inclusion complex(es) of the substituted -cyclodextrin with a xylene isom... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5080923 | Process of refining saccharide crystals during food processing In an improved process for producing food products, such as confections, including milk and dark chocolate, a crystalline saccharide such as sucrose, and a fat such as cocoa butter, are blended with a minor amount of water. The blend is refined, such as b... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5032509 | Method of preparing galcatooligosaccharide A method of preparing a mixture of galactooligosaccharides having the following formula: Gal-(Gal)n-Glc where Gal represents a galactose residue, Glc represents a glucose residue, and n represents an integer between 1 and 4, and monosaccharides by having ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4963382 | Reduced calorie D-aldohexose monosaccharides D-Talose and D-allose are reduced calorie sugars which taste sweet, provide bulk, and undergo the browning reaction. They can be effectively used per se or in combination with intense sweeteners to provide a method of sweetening a broad variety of foods a... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4955363 | Process of recovering lactose from whey A method of recovering lactose from milk whey or cheese whey with a high yield, wherein the whey is concentrated, part of the lactose is crystallized, and the crystals are separated and dried; the mother liquor is purified by heating it to about 60° to 7... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4820348 | Process for the specific separation of lactose from milk The invention relates to a process for accomplishing specific chromatographic separation of lactose from milk. Milk is treated in a column with a cation exchange resin balanced in such a manner that its cationic composition corresponds to the cationic com... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4802926 | Spray dried lactose and process for preparing the same The invention relates to a spray dried lactose suitable for use as component of tablets and to a process for preparing same. The lactose is predominantly crystalline and contains at most 50% by weight of amorphous lactose. At least 50% by weight of the cr... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4799966 | Process for converting alpha to beta-lactose Treatment of alpha-lactose with certain alcohols (C1 -C5) at temperature of from about 120° C. to about 160° C. and pressures of from about 500 to 200 psi for sufficient time will result in complete transformation of all forms of a... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4594110 | Process for preparing lactose products A process for preparing stable anhydrous lactose products comprising the compound crystal form of the alpha form and the beta form of lactose. An unstable anhydrous lactose product is heated, at atmospheric or sub-atmospheric pressure, at low water vapor ... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4562086 | Modified starch, its method of manufacture and the salad dressings produced therewith A modified non-waxy starch, the processes for making such starch and the salad dressing produced from the modified starch. The modified starch is etherified with an alkylene oxide to a degree of substitution between about 2 to about 3.5% and in a second s... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4500465 | Solubilized platinum (II) complexes There are described platinum-polyhydroxylated amine compounds which exhibit anti-tumor activity in mammalian species. The products are highly soluble in aqueous solutions and they may be administered either orally or in parenteral form.... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4438262 | Highly dielectric polysaccharides Highly dielectric organic compounds can be obtained by cyanoethylating a dihydroxyalkylate of a water-soluble polysaccharide or a derivative thereof with acrylonitrile.... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4404038 | Process and installation for producing lactose crystals To increase the percentage of crystallized lactose obtained from lactoserum substantially without noticeably increasing investment costs or energy consumption, the first phase of crystallization is effectuated in a continuous crystallization stage wherein... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4349542 | Mixture containing active ingredient and dendritic crystalline sugar for tableting An excipient for tableting of powder mixtures, e.g. pharmaceutical powder mixtures comprises particles of an inert solid material, said particles being of average particle size in the range from 50-1,000 μm in diameter and having surface pores of at leas... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4342604 | Production of a stable lactose product Lactose having reproducible pH and a lowered ash level can be produced from lactose rich permeate resulting from the ultrafiltration of whey, by adding a small amount of a chelating agent such as a salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid as, for instance,... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4316749 | Production of USP quality lactose A method of producing USP quality lactose which involves (a) adding to lactose rich permeate derived from passing whey through a semipermeable membrane an effective amount of a food grade chelating agent; (b) filtering the lactose rich permeate through a simpl... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4280997 | Extrusion process for the preparation of anhydrous stable lactose Anhydrous stable lactose is obtained by extruding crystalline -lactose hydrate as a dry product in an extruder the jacket of which is heated to temperatures above 100° C. Preferably an extruder is used in which a gradual controlled build-up of she... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4221876 | Isocyanate-reactive mixtures based on formose This invention relates to mixtures, in the form of relatively low viscosity liquids at room temperature, of formose, aldehydes and/or ketones aldolated in the -position and, optionally, water and/or crystalline mono- or di-saccharides, and to the u... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4187354 | Process for lowering the viscosity of formose or mixtures of formose in mono- and/or di-saccharides, products produced thereby, and the use thereof in producing polyurethane resins The invention broadly relates to greatly lowering the viscosity of the self-condensation products of formaldehyde (formose) by mixing formose with dialkyl phosphites; trialkyl phosphites and -hydroxy- or -amino-phosphonic acid esters. These ... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4187356 | Condensation of formaldehyde hydrate to form mixtures which, together with monomers capable of aminoplast formation are useful in the preparation of polyurethane foams This invention relates to mixtures of formose, aminoplast monomers and optionally water and/or crystalline mono or disaccharides. The mixtures are relatively low viscosity liquids at room temperature. The invention also relates to the use of such mixtures... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4099983 | Process for preparing high purity lactose Lactose crystals of improved purity and reduced color are obtained by washing the lactose crystals in an alkaline wash-bath having a pH within the range of from about 8.5 to about 12.5. The isolated washed crystals exhibit improved purity particularly in ... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4083733 | Method of producing beta-lactose To alpha-lactose or an alpha-lactose-containing substance is added a small amount of water and the resulting mixture is subjected to extrusion from a screw extruder under pressure, thereby converting the alpha-lactose into beta-lactose. The beta-lactose o... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4067748 | Process for the hydrolysis of lactose Lactose, especially derived from whey, is efficiently hydrolysed to glucose and galactose by contact in water with a solid, insoluble, stongly acidic ion exchange resin based on certain cross-linked polystyrenes or certain carbohydrates. The products are ... | 01/10/1978 |