Patents Examined by Sharon A. Gibson
  • Patent number: 5578666
    Abstract: A flame retardant composition comprising an effective synergistic flame retardant combination of a melamine phosphate and tris(neopentyl) nitrilotris(methylphosphonate) suitable for use as an additive to a normally flammable polymer composition, especially wire insulation and cable jackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Edward D. Weil, Weiming Zhu
  • Patent number: 5578246
    Abstract: This invention relates to a metal corrosion inhibiting composition comprising in admixture: (a) an anodic silicate salt; (b) a silicate salt stabilizer; (c) a cathodic corrosion inhibitor; and water. Preferably, the corrosion inhibiting composition also contains a polymeric scale inhibitor. The invention also relates to a process for treating an open aqueous system with the corrosion inhibiting composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Ashland Inc.
    Inventor: Edward S. Beardwood
  • Patent number: 5575952
    Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising (i) a plurality of electrical conductors, each surrounded by one or more layers of a composition comprising (a) one or more polyolefins and, blended therewith, (b) a mixture containing one or more alkylhydroxyphenylalkanoyl hydrazines and one or more functionalized hindered amines; and (ii) hydrocarbon cable filler grease within the interstices between said surrounded conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Keogh, Geoffrey D. Brown
  • Patent number: 5573708
    Abstract: A general-purpose organic rust inhibitor which can effectively prevent corrosion of metals, and which comprising a compound represented by the general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein, in the above general formula (1), R.sub.1 represents a fluorine-substituted alkyl group; R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or a group defined for R.sub.1 or an organic residue; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are hydrogen or an ionizable group at least for either of the two, or an ionizable group in which R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Union Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeru Otomo
  • Patent number: 5573706
    Abstract: Gel formers and gels containa) acidic aluminium phosphates, optionally in the form of reaction products with 0.01 to 4 mol of alkanolamines per mol of aluminium phosphate, andb) reaction products of boric acid with alkanolamines, a) and b) being present in a weight ratio of 100:55 to 100:0.5, calculated as solids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Wulf von Bonin
  • Patent number: 5571988
    Abstract: A gas-producing material for a gas generator, particularly, for an inflatable impact cushion for protecting motor vehicle passengers is made up of a combustible liquid gas mixture of one or several short-chain hydrocarbons and nitrogen monoxide. As a result of exothermic action during combustion there is a multifold increase in volume so that no filters which are required for solid matter generators, are necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Dynamit Nobel AG
    Inventors: Rainer Hagel, Uwe Brede
  • Patent number: 5571526
    Abstract: A composite metal hydroxide which is a solid solution of the formula (1),Mg.sub.1-x M.sup.2+.sub.x (OH).sub.2 (1)wherein M.sup.2+ is at least one divalent metal ion selected from the group consisting of Mn.sup.2+, Fe.sup.2+, Co.sup.2+, Ni.sup.2+, Cu.sup.2+ and Zn.sup.2+, and x is in the range of 0.001.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.9,a flame retardant containing the above composite metal hydroxide, and a flame-retardant resin and/or rubber composition containing the flame retardant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kaisui Kagau Kenkyujo
    Inventor: Shigeo Miyata
  • Patent number: 5571453
    Abstract: A stabilizer composition useful as an additive for polyether polyols, particularly those employed in the manufacture of polyurethane foams, is provided which comprises a diphenylamine:isobutylene:diisobutylene reaction product, a sterically hindered phenol and a trihydrocarbyl phosphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Barry, Mark C. Richardson
  • Patent number: 5567818
    Abstract: This invention relates to processes for preparing 2-(1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl)-2,3,3a,4,5,6-tetrahydro-1H-benz[de]isoquin olin-1-one, particularly 2-(1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3S-yl)-2, 3,3aS,4,5,6-tetrahydro-1H-benz[de]isoquinolin-1-one, and to intermediates useful in such processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Kowalczyk, Charles A. Dvorak
  • Patent number: 5567698
    Abstract: Novel cephem derivatives represented by the general formula ##STR1## in which the Acyl substituent is a group of the formula ##STR2## wherein Ar is a lipophilic optionally substituted phenyl, naphthyl, pyridyl or benzthiazolyl group; R.sup.1 is selected from certain optionally substituted aliphatic, aromatic, arylaliphatic or sugar moieties and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl or aminoalkylcarbonylamino are gram-positive antibacterial agents, especially useful in the treatment of infectious diseases caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Choung U. Kim, Peter F. Misco, Jr., John A. Wichtowski, Yasutsugu Ueda, Thomas W. Hudyma, John D. Matiskella, Stanley V. D'Andrea, Shelley E. Hoeft, Raymond F. Miller, Muzammil M. Mansuri, Joanne J. Bronson
  • Patent number: 5567675
    Abstract: New compositions are disclosed that are useful for the prevention of sludge or emulsions during the drilling or workover of producing oil wells. These compositions are comprised of a N,N-dialkyl amide of a fatty acid, a hydrocarbon solvent for petroleum and a mutual oil/water solvent. Also taught and claimed is a method of preventing such sludge or emulsion formation or of breaking the same after it is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignees: Buckman Laboratories of Canada, Ltd., Buckman Laboratories Int'l., Inc.
    Inventor: Julian Romocki
  • Patent number: 5567354
    Abstract: The invention relates to a corrosion inhibitor for a metal material such as steel, of the type consisting of an aqueous solution containing an alkali metal nitrite, wherein said solution contains 0.01 to 0.3 mol/l of an alkali metal nitrite, 0.01 to 0.3 mol/l of an alkali metal phosphate, and phosphoric acid in a proportion of a quantity sufficient to maintain the pH of said solution, measured at ambient temperature, between 6.9 and 7.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Sollac (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Christian Schwendimann, Jacques Keller, Jean-Luc Auger, Philippe Fatrez
  • Patent number: 5565139
    Abstract: A vapor extraction apparatus includes a gel sorbent capable of absorbing vapor directly into the liquid state and capable of disgorging the absorbed liquid in a phase-transition. The apparatus includes a housing adapted for movement from a first position, where it is exposed to a vapor-containing gas stream and a first environmental condition, and capable of moving to a second position, where it is exposed to a second environmental condition. A gel sorbent is disposed on at least one surface of the housing. The gel sorbs vapor from the gas stream as liquid when the sorbent is in its first position. The sorbent disgorges the liquid during phase-transition collapse when it is in the second position. A method of extracting vapor from a process gas stream includes contacting a phase transition gel sorbent with vapor under conditions sufficient for the gel sorbent to undergo a phase transition and absorb vapor as liquid inside the gel sorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Gel Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Walker, Harris Gold, George W. McKinney, III, John F. McCoy, III, Xiaohong Yu
  • Patent number: 5565470
    Abstract: Cycloaminoalkoxyphenyl derivatives useful for the treatment of certain pathological syndromes of the cardiovascular system and ocular diseases of formula: ##STR1## in which: B represents a --S--, --SO-- or --SO.sub.2 -- group,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 which are identical or different, each denotes hydrogen, a methyl or ethyl radical or a halogen such as chlorine, bromine or iodine,A denotes a straight or linear alkylene radical, having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms or a 2-hydroxypropylene radical in which the hydroxy is optionally substituted by a lower alkyl radical,Am demotes a group: ##STR2## in which: R.sub.3, R'.sub.3 and R".sub.3, which are identical or different, each denotes hydrogen, a halogen atom such as chlorine or bromine, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group, R.sub.4 denotes hydrogen or an alkyl radical,n and m, identical or different, each denotes 0, 1, 2 or 3,Cy represents a group of formula: ##STR3## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Jean Gubin, Pierre Chatelain, Jean Lucchetti
  • Patent number: 5565416
    Abstract: This invention concerns a corrosion-inhibitor nominally comprised of a phenolic compound and a hydroxide-bearing compound capable of imparting a pH of 9 to water, the inclusion thereof in aerated water-based fluids and foams, and the use of these fluids in wellbore applications; particularly applications conducted at elevated temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: Yulin Wu
  • Patent number: 5565538
    Abstract: Flame retardant additive for plastics, compositions containing the additive, and methods for preparing the additives and compositions. The additives include a halostyrene-glycidyl (meth)acrylate copolymer. The compositions include a thermoplastic substrate requiring flame retardancy and copolymers of a halostyrene and glycidyl (meth)acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Gurudas Zingde, Nicolai A. Favstritsky, Ray W. Atwell
  • Patent number: 5562861
    Abstract: A new set of effective, environmentally safe, nonflammable, low-toxicity refrigerants, solvents, foam blowing agents, propellants, and firefighting agents is disclosed. The agents are clean, electrically nonconductive, and have short atmospheric lifetimes, zero ozone-depletion potential, and low global warming potentials. The agents comprise at least one fluoroiodocarbon agent satisfying the general formula C.sub.a H.sub.b Br.sub.c Cl.sub.d F.sub.e I.sub.f N.sub.g O.sub.h, wherein a is between and including 1 and 8; b is between and including 0 and 2; c, d, g, and h are each between and including 0 and 1; e is between and including 1 and 18; and f is between and including 1 and 2, either neat or mixed with additives selected from the group consisting of: alcohols, esters, ethers, fluoroethers, hydrocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, and perfluorocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: IKON Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Nimitz, Lance H. Lankford
  • Patent number: 5562863
    Abstract: Vinyl aromatic monomer polymerization methods utilizing a composition of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol and a substituted benzoquinonediimide compound are disclosed. Preferably, the composition is employed in an amount of 1 part to 10,000 parts per million parts monomer during distillation of styrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Betz Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Graciela B. Arhancet
  • Patent number: 5563315
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for separating aromatic hydrocarbons from a mixed hydrocarbon feed employing a selective solvent which exhibits a low critical solution temperature of the solvent with a solute. The mixed hydrocarbon feed is passed to an extraction zone wherein the feed is contacted with a lean solvent to provide a raffinate stream comprising non-aromatics and a rich solvent stream comprising aromatics and solvent. Both the raffinate stream and the rich solvent stream are admixed with a sufficient amount of a solute at a temperature which is at or below a low critical solution temperature with the solvent to separate the raffinate and aromatic phases from the solvent/solute mixture. The solvent/solute mixture is heated to a separation temperature which is above the low critical solution temperature to provide a solvent phase which is essentially free of solute at energy levels significantly lower than conventional processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: UOP
    Inventor: Paulino Forte
  • Patent number: 5559086
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an epoxy resin composition is provided comprising: an epoxy resin and a partially reduced aromatic amine hardening agent. In another embodiment, a well treating composition is provided comprising: an epoxy resin; a partially reduced aromatic amine hardening agent; a solid particulate material; and a carrier fluid. In yet another embodiment, a method of treating a subterranean formation is provided. The inventive method comprises the step of placing the inventive well treating composition into the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Halliburton Company
    Inventors: Brahmadeo Dewprashad, Jimmie D. Weaver