Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Chewing gums and gum bases comprising multi-block copolymers
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Application No.: US14003998Application Date: 2012-03-09
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Publication No.: US09980503B2Publication Date: 2018-05-29
- Inventor: Leslie D. Morgret , Michael S. Haas , Marc A. Hillmyer , Wilhelm Risse , Frank S. Bates , Mark T Martello , Sangwoo Lee
- Applicant: Leslie D. Morgret , Michael S. Haas , Marc A. Hillmyer , Wilhelm Risse , Frank S. Bates , Mark T Martello , Sangwoo Lee
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis US IL Chicago
- Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota,Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
- Current Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota,Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis US IL Chicago
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2012/028450 WO 20120309
- International Announcement: WO2012/122459 WO 20120913
- Main IPC: A23G4/08
- IPC: A23G4/08 ; C08G63/66 ; C08G81/00 ; A23G4/12

Abstract:
Chewing gums and chewing gum bases which are cud-forming and chewable at mouth temperature contains a multi-block copolymer having at least two repeating sequences of at least two different polymeric blocks having at least three monomer units each. The multi-block copolymer optionally includes linking units and may be formulated to have non-covalent crosslinking between the copolymer chains. The multi-block copolymer is optionally plasticized with a compatible di-block copolymer to function as an elastomer system in the gum base. Characteristics of the multi-block copolymers can be selected to produce gum bases and chewing gums having desired properties. In some cases, chewed cuds formed from the gum bases may exhibit improved removability from environmental surfaces to which they may become undesirably attached.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140161931A1 CHEWING GUMS AND GUM BASES COMPRISING MULTI-BLOCK COPOLYMERS Public/Granted day:2014-06-12
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