DEFRGBITNLSE0011303EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA319800820EP791045491979111696250419781120US1980082019801719800528198011 6D 21D 03/00 A 6D 21H 03:28 B 6C 08L 03:00 BenProcess for the manufacture of paper, paper additive composition and paper of improved surface propertiesfrProcédé pour la préparation de papier, composition d'additif pour papier et papier ayant des propriétés de surface amélioréesdeVerfahren zur Herstellung von Papier, Zusatz-Zusammensetzung für Papier und Papier mit verbesserten OberflächeneigenschaftenCPC INTERNATIONAL INC.Arons, Howard L.Francis, Howard P.DEFRGBITNLSE19800820198017

This invention discloses a process for the manufacture of paper having retained therein high levels of starch wherein such starch is a specially treated, cooked, cross-linked starch which is added with a poly-electrolyte at the wet end of the paper manufacturing process or sprayed on the web in the paper-forming process. The invention also relates to a novel wet-end paper additive composition which includes the specially treated, cooked, cross-linked starch and a polyelectrolyte and the improved paper produced therefrom.