Patents by Inventor Thomas I. Jones

Thomas I. Jones 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).

  • Treatment of water
    Patent number: 4126549
    Abstract: A process for the prevention of scale and the inhibition of corrosion which comprises adding to water a hydrolyzed terpolymer of maleic anhydride with vinyl acetate and ethyl acrylate, the molar ratio of maleic anhydride to the other monomers being from 2.5:1 to 5:1, the ratio of vinyl acetate to ethyl acrylate being 1:1 to 2:1, and the molecular weight of the terpolymer being below 1000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1978
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Thomas I. Jones, Geoffrey Graham, Michael A. Finan