US 12,269,936 B2
Cellulose processing
Conrardus Hubertus Joseph Theeuwen, Duiven (NL); Paulus Pieter De Wit, Westervoort (NL); Gijsbert Adriaan Van Ingen, Breda (NL); and Franciscus Adrianus Ludovicus Maria Staps, Teteringen (NL)
Assigned to COÖPERATIE KONINKLIJKE COSUN U.A., Breda (NL); and NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V., Arnhem (NL)
Filed by COÖPERATIE KONINKLIJKE COSUN U.A., Breda (NL); and NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V., Arnhem (NL)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/220,685.
Application 18/220,685 is a continuation of application No. 16/867,302, filed on May 5, 2020, granted, now 11,739,197.
Application 16/867,302 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2018/080191, filed on Nov. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17200103 (EP), filed on Nov. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0357542 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61K 31/7048 (2006.01); C08L 1/02 (2006.01); C08L 1/28 (2006.01); D21B 1/02 (2006.01); D21C 5/00 (2006.01); D21C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC C08L 1/02 (2013.01) [C08L 1/286 (2013.01); D21B 1/028 (2013.01); D21C 5/005 (2013.01); D21C 9/007 (2013.01); C08L 2205/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
 
1. A composition obtainable by a process comprising:
(a) blending a quantity of carboxycellulose with a mixture of an aqueous liquid and a non-fibrillated plant or micro-organism derived cellulose material to reach a ratio of cellulose material to carboxycellulose (w/w) of more than 90/10;
(b) subjecting the blend from (a) to mechanical and/or enzymatic fibrillation treatment;
(c) mechanically de-watering the composition from (b) to a dry matter content of at least 5 wt. %; and
(d) blending a further quantity of the carboxycellulose with the composition from (c), wherein the composition is in the form of a paste having a dry matter content of at least 10 wt. %.