Patents by Inventor Charles O. Cole

Charles O. Cole 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: 3961916
    Abstract: The response of middle distillates to flow improvers can be substantially improved by utilizing a dual-functioning flow improver composition which is a combination of two different wax modifying compounds. One of these functions as a wax growth arrester. The other functions as nucleating agent. Specifically, for example, it has been demonstrated that a copolymer of ethylene with vinyl acetate in combination with another copolymer of ethylene with vinyl acetate where either the vinyl acetate monomer is present in different proportions and/or the molecular weights are different is a flow improver combination which imparts significant improvements in the filterability of middle distillate fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Stephen Ilnyckyj, Charles O. Cole