(19)
(11) EP 1 009 751 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.05.1999

(43) Date of publication:
21.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/25

(21) Application number: 98941593.0

(22) Date of filing: 04.09.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C07H 21/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB9802/665
(87) International publication number:
WO 9912/950 (18.03.1999 Gazette 1999/11)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IT NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 06.09.1997 GB 9718863

(71) Applicant: National Starch and Chemical InvestmentHolding Corporation
Wilmington, Delaware 19809 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • JOBLING, Stephen Alan
    Cambridgeshire PE19 3QQ (GB)
  • SCHWALL, Gerhard Peter
    Cambridgeshire PE19 2SG (GB)
  • WESTCOTT, Roger John
    Northamptonshire NN8 1LW (GB)

(74) Representative: Lipscombe, Martin John et al
Keith W Nash & Co,Pearl Assurance House,90-92 Regent Street
Cambridge CB2 1DP
Cambridge CB2 1DP (GB)

   


(54) IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO STABILITY OF PLANT STARCHES