Patents by Inventor Boris A. Miksic

Boris A. Miksic has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5855975
    Abstract: A resinous film at least partially formulated from a recycled resin and containing a vapor phase corrosion inhibitor. One embodiment of the invention is a single layer film which is formulated from three components. The first component is a recycled resin such as polyethylene, the second component is a fresh resin identical to the first, and the third component is a vapor phase anti-corrosion agent. Multi-layer films are also included. The films emit the anti-corrosion agent over a period of time to thereby protect items encased by the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Cortec Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Joseph M. Foley
  • Patent number: 5750053
    Abstract: A corrosion inhibitor formulation for use in reinforced concrete structures, the inhibitor reducing the rate of corrosion in metallic reinforcing rods placed within the structures. The formulation comprises a mixture of alkali metal glucoheptonates and alkali metal molybdates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Cortec Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Christophe Chandler, Margarita Kharshan, Alla Furman, Barry Rudman, Larry Gelner
  • Patent number: 5597514
    Abstract: A corrosion inhibitor formulation for use in reinforced concrete structures, the inhibitor reducing the rate of corrosion in metallic reinforcing rods placed within the structures. The formulation comprises a mixture of benzoic acid, aldonic acid, and a triazole such as benzotriazole or tolyltriazole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Cortec Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Christophe Chandler, Margarita Kharshan, Alla Furman, Barry Rudman, Larry Gelner
  • Patent number: 5422187
    Abstract: A vapor phase corrosion inhibitor-desiccant composite comprising silica gel granules coated with a vapor phase corrosion inhibitor component. The corrosion inhibitor component is selected from a formulation comprising anhydrous molybdates such as ammonium dimolybdate, sodium molybdate and amine molybdates mixed with benzotriazole and sodium nitrate, or from a formulation comprising amine benzoates, amine nitrates and benzotriazole. The composites can be impregnated into foam, extruded with polyolefin films which can additionally be laminated with metallized second film, or encapsulated in an air-permeable container. The corrosion inhibitor formulations have vapor pressures which provide ongoing corrosion protection for susceptible articles situated favorably with respect to the composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Cortec Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Joseph M. Foley, Tsi-Zong Tzou
  • Patent number: 5393457
    Abstract: A vapor phase corrosion inhibitor-desiccant composite comprising silica gel granules coated with a vapor phase corrosion inhibitor component. The corrosion inhibitor component is selected from a formulation comprising anhydrous molybdates such as ammonium dimolybdate, sodium molybdate and amine molybdates mixed with benzotriazole and sodium nitrate, or from a formulation comprising amine benzoates, amine nitrates and benzotriazole. The composites can be impregnated into foam, extruded with polyolefin films which can additionally be laminated with metallized second film, or encapsulated in an air-permeable container. The corrosion inhibitor formulations have vapor pressures which provide ongoing corrosion protection for susceptible articles situated favorably with respect to the composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Tsi-Zong Tzou, Joseph M. Foley
  • Patent number: 5344589
    Abstract: A vapor phase corrosion inhibitor-desiccant composite comprising silica gel granules coated with a vapor phase corrosion inhibitor component. The corrosion inhibitor component is selected from a formulation comprising anhydrous molybdates such as ammonium dimolybdate, sodium molybdate and amine molybdates mixed with benzotriazole and sodium nitrate, or from a formulation comprising amine benzoates, amine nitrates and benzotriazole. The composites can be impregnated into foam, extruded with polyolefin films which can additionally be laminated with metallized second film, or encapsulated in an air-permeable container. The corrosion inhibitor formulations have vapor pressures which provide ongoing corrosion protection for susceptible articles situated favorably with respect to the composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Cortec Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Joseph M. Foley, Tsi-Zong Tzou
  • Patent number: 5332525
    Abstract: A vapor phase corrosion inhibitor-desiccant composite comprising silica gel granules coated with a vapor phase corrosion inhibitor component. The corrosion inhibitor component is selected from a formulation comprising anhydrous molybdates such as ammonium dimolybdate, sodium molybdate and amine molybdates mixed with benzotriazole and sodium nitrate, or from a formulation comprising amine benzoates, amine nitrates and benzotriazole. The composites can be impregnated into foam, extruded with polyolefin films which can additionally be laminated with metallized second film, or encapsulated in an air-permeable container. The corrosion inhibitor formulations have vapor pressures which provide ongoing corrosion protection for susceptible articles situated favorably with respect to the composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Cortec Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Joseph M. Foley, Tsi-Zong Tzou
  • Patent number: 5326529
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal reinforcement structures embedded within cured concrete. The method comprises providing a plurality of exteriorly-accessible generally uniformly distributed openings in the concrete. Thereafter, a plurality of containers is provided, with each container having therein a migrating corrosion inhibitor and having a wall structure which is permeable to the migrating corrosion inhibitor. One container is placed in each of a sufficient number of openings in the concrete such that a sufficient quantity of migrating corrosion inhibitor exits from the respective containers and migrates through the concrete to the embedded metal reinforcement structures to thereby inhibit corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Cortec Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Lawrence Gelner
  • Patent number: 5320778
    Abstract: A vapor phase corrosion inhibitor-desiccant composite comprising silica gel granules coated with a vapor phase corrosion inhibitor component. The corrosion inhibitor component is selected from a formulation comprising anhydrous molybdates such as ammonium dimolybdate, sodium molybdate and amine molybdates mixed with benzotriazole and sodium nitrate, or from a formulation comprising amine benzoates, amine nitrates and benzotriazole. The composites can be impregnated into foam, extruded with polyolefin films which can additionally be laminated with metallized second film, or encapsulated in an air-permeable container. The corrosion inhibitor formulations have vapor pressures which provide ongoing corrosion protection for susceptible articles situated favorably with respect to the composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Cortec Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Joseph M. Foley, Tsi-Zong Tzou
  • Patent number: 5209869
    Abstract: A vapor phase corrosion inhibitor-desiccant formulation comprising silica gel granules coated with a finely divided anhydrous molybdate selected from the group consisting of anhydrous sodium molybdate, anhydrous ammonium dimolybdate, and anhydrous amine molybdates having the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon having up to 7 carbon atoms, and wherein R.sub.2 is either hydrogen or an aliphatic hydrocarbon having up to 7 carbon atoms with these anhydrous molybdates being provided in admixture with sodium nitrite and benzotriazole. The composite formulations of the present invention have been found to be particularly desirable as a vapor phase corrosion inhibitor when in contact with the environs of metals susceptible to corrosion including, for example, iron, aluminum, copper, and alloys such as alloys of iron, copper, and the like. The vapor phase corrosion inhibitors appear to exhibit improved properties when utilized as a powdered coating upon granular silica gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Cortec Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Tsi-Zong Tzou, Joseph M. Foley
  • Patent number: 5139700
    Abstract: A vapor phase corrosion inhibitor formulation comprising a finely divided anhydrous molybdate selected from the group consisting of anhydrous sodium molybdate, anhydrous ammonium dimolybdate, and anhydrous amine molybdates having the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon having up to 7 carbon atoms, and wherein R.sub.2 is either hydrogen or an aliphatic hydrocarbon having up to 7 carbon atoms with these anhydrous molybdates being provided in admixtures with sodium nitrite and benzotriazole. The formulations of the present invention have been found to be particularly desirable as a vapor phase corrosion inhibitor when in contact with the environs of metals susceptible to corrosion including, for example, iron, steel, copper, and alloys such as alloys of iron, copper, and the like. In a preferred embodiment, the amine-molybdate compounds are those amine-molybdates derived from dicyclohexylamine, 2-ethylhexylamine, and cyclohexylamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Cortec Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Michael Tarvin
  • Patent number: 4275835
    Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting device including an extremely stable, man-made synthetic carrier having chemical and physical stabilities compatible with hostile and adverse environments for dispensing corrosion inhibiting chemicals, in virtually any ratio desired and/or required by the material to be protected from the corrosive environments, wherein the carrier has a multiplicity of sites, which are uniquely adaptable for solvent conveyance, carrier reception and carrier retention via solids entrapments, of amorphous and/or crystalline materials in multi-nucleated centers, and wherein the corrosion inhibitors located therein contain corrosion inhibitors which are classified and selected according to their vapor pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1981
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Robert H. Miller
  • Patent number: 4051066
    Abstract: The disclosed corrosion-inhibiting elastomers are typically made by milling the corrosion inhibitor into a solid rubber matrix. Preferred corrosion inhibitors include the aromatic carboxylates of primary, secondary or tertiary amines. Chromates and 2-ethylhexanoates can also be used. Organic ammonium nitrites are effective against some types of corrosion, but should be used with relatively inert elastomers. There appears to be synergistic cooperation between the elastomeric molecular structure and the corrosion inhibitor resulting in unusually effective protection of ferrous and/or nonferrous metals adjacent to rubber parts made from the corrosion-inhibiting elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1977
    Assignee: Northern Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Donovan P. Stern