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Urea-treating fish egg bait in acid medium

US3985900A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 1, 1975
Grant dateOct 12, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 1, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23L17/30
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Fish eggs which have been rendered hard and substantially opaque by coagulation of their protein content are made into fish egg bait by treating them with an aqueous acid solution of urea, i.e. with an acid salt of urea, and under conditions predetermined to swell and plasticize the eggs and render them substantially translucent.

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