Patents by Inventor Zvjezdana Matuzic

Zvjezdana Matuzic 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: 6764615
    Abstract: Method and formulation for providing multiple sources of migratory corrosion inhibitors to metallic reinforcements embedded in concrete through addition of the inhibitors to the concrete mix. First and second sources of inhibitors are provided with the first source consisting of a powdered corrosion inhibitor consisting of sodium sebacate, potassium sebacate, dicyclohexylammonium nitrite, sodium nitrite, zinc gluconate, sodium gluconate, and calcium nitrite. The second source consists of an in-situ coextruded blend of a migratory corrosion inhibitor in a resin matrix, the second source consisting of a coextruded blend which includes an alkali metal salt of a dibasic acid containing from 8 to 12 carbon atoms together with migratory corrosion inhibitors consisting of alkali metal gluconates, zinc gluconate, and cyclohexylammonium benzoate, with the alkali metal in the inhibitors being sodium, potassium, or calcium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Cortec Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Alla Furman, Michael Hobday, Jessica Jackson, Zvjezdana Matuzic
  • Publication number: 20020195590
    Abstract: Method and formulation for providing multiple sources of migratory corrosion inhibitors to metallic reinforcements embedded in concrete through addition of the inhibitors to the concrete mix. First and second sources of inhibitors are provided with the first source consisting of a powdered corrosion inhibitor consisting of sodium sebacate, potassium sebacate, dicyclohexylammonium nitrite, sodium nitrite, zinc gluconate, sodium gluconate, and calcium nitrite. The second source consists of an in-situ coextruded blend of a migratory corrosion inhibitor in a resin matrix, the second source consisting of a coextruded blend which includes an alkali metal salt of a dibasic acid containing from 8 to 12 carbon atoms together with migratory corrosion inhibitors consisting of alkali metal gluconates, zinc gluconate, and cyclohexylammonium benzoate, with the alkali metal in the inhibitors being sodium, potassium, or calcium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Cortec Corporation
    Inventors: Boris A. Miksic, Alla Furman, Michael Hobday, Jessica Jackson, Zvjezdana Matuzic