Patents by Inventor Bryan J. Duffy

Bryan J. Duffy 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).

  • Transesterification composition of fatty acid esters, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7968504
    Abstract: This invention is a composition that includes a transesterified fatty acid ester resulting from the reaction of a fatty acid ester, in the presence of an acid, with a hydroxyl-containing compound. The fatty acid esters of the invention are selected from those with a carbon number of eight to twenty. The hydroxyl-containing compound is an alcohol having a carbon number between one and eighteen. The resulting composition is useful as a lubricant, as a heat transfer agent, as a rheological modifier and as a corrosion/moisture inhibitor, among other uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: MJ Research and Development, LP
    Inventors: Benjamin Mosier, Bryan J. Duffy
  • Transesterification composition of fatty acid esters, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7252779
    Abstract: This invention is a composition that includes a transesterified fatty acid ester resulting from the reaction of a fatty acid ester, in the presence of an acid, with a hydroxyl-containing compound. The fatty acid esters of the invention are selected from those with a carbon number of eight to twenty. The hydroxyl-containing compound is an alcohol having a carbon number between one and eighteen. The resulting composition is useful as a lubricant, as a heat transfer agent, as a rheological modifier and as a corrosion/moisture inhibitor, among other uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: MJ Research Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Benjamin Mosier, Bryan J. Duffy
  • Transesterification composition of fatty acid esters, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20020017629
    Abstract: This invention is a composition that includes a transesterified fatty acid ester resulting from the reaction of a fatty acid ester, in the presence of an acid, with a hydroxyl-containing compound. The fatty acid esters of the invention are selected from those with a carbon number of eight to twenty. The hydroxyl-containing compound is an alcohol having a carbon number between one and eighteen. The resulting composition is useful as a lubricant, as a heat transfer agent, as a rheological modifier and as a corrosion/moisture inhibitor, among other uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Benjamin Mosier, Bryan J. Duffy