Patent ID: 9321852
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: C08B,D01F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A non-naturally occurring fiber comprising greater than 30% by weight on a dry fiber basis of a heteropolysaccharide derivative derived by replacing one or more of the original hydroxyl moieties present on one or more monomer units of a pure heteropolysaccharide with a non-hydroxyl moiety, wherein the non-hydroxyl moiety comprises a non-aromatic moiety is selected from the group consisting of ester moieties comprising fatty acid moieties, ether moieties comprising fatty acid moieties, polyethylene glycol moieties, acetate moieties, acetate-butyrate moieties, methyl moieties, ethyl moieties, hydroxyethyl moieties, and mixtures thereof wherein the heteropolysaccharide exhibits a degree of substitution of less than 1.0.