Patents by Inventor Vince SPAETH

Vince SPAETH 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).

  • Methods for reducing surface fouling in fuel production systems
    Patent number: 9976090
    Abstract: Methods for preventing or reducing fouling of equipment having a metal surface that contacts a reaction byproduct in a fuel production system are provided. The method may include treating the metal surface in the fuel production system by contacting a fouling inhibitor with the metal surface. The fouling inhibitor includes a bicyclic organic compound with an aromatic ring and a heterocyclic ring, and is delivered to the metal surface of the system in sufficient amount and for sufficient time to reduce a fouling deposit on at least a portion of the metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: CHEMTREAT, INC
    Inventor: Vince Spaeth
  • METHODS FOR REDUCING SURFACE FOULING IN FUEL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20150122628
    Abstract: Methods for preventing or reducing fouling of equipment having a metal surface that contacts a reaction byproduct in a fuel production system are provided. The method may include treating the metal surface in the fuel production system by contacting a fouling inhibitor with the metal surface. The fouling inhibitor includes a bicyclic organic compound with an aromatic ring and a heterocyclic ring, and is delivered to the metal surface of the system in sufficient amount and for sufficient time to reduce a fouling deposit on at least a portion of the metal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Vince SPAETH