Patents by Inventor Alan D. James

Alan D. James 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).

  • Anticaking compositions for treating hygroscopic or water-soluble material in particulate form
    Patent number: 4490281
    Abstract: There is disclosed an anticaking composition comprising a dispersion of an alkyl or cycloalkyl amine, either unneutralized or as a salt, in a liquid medium comprising a water-in-oil emulsion containing from about 5 to about 60 percent, by weight, of water.There is also disclosed a method of treating hygroscopic or water soluble material in particulate form comprising contacting said material with an anticaking composition which comprises a dispersion of an alkyl or cycloalkylamine in a liquid medium comprising a water-in-oil emulsion containing from about 5 to about 60 percent, by weight, of water, in an amount sufficient to reduce the tendency of said material to agglomerate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Akzona Incorporated
    Inventors: Alan D. James, Roy Senior