Patents by Inventor Alexander Bowman Boffa

Alexander Bowman Boffa 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).

  • LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BIOBASED BASE OILS
    Publication number: 20230167378
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to lubricating oil compositions comprising a biobased base oil, methods of lubricating an engine with said lubricating oil compositions. Also disclosed is the use of said lubricating oil compositions in an engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Bowman BOFFA, Ian G. ELLIOTT, John Robert MILLER, Jennifer Elizabeth NEWELL, Mark SZTENDEROWICZ, Kevin CARABEL, Ramoun MOURHATCH, Claire CHOMMELOUX, Arash BOHLOUL, Mia GILL, Xiaomin Helen TU, Koichi KUBO, Isao TANAKA, Taiki HATTORI, Gang CHEN, Richard HOGENDOORN, Peter KLEIJWEGT, Jeroen VAN LEEUWEN, Wilhelmus Petrus VAN HOUTEN, Cornelis Hendrikus Maria BOONS, Deane S. WALKER, John D. PALAZZOTTO
  • LUBRICATING OIL MAGNESIUM DETERGENTS AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20190002786
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnesium alkylhydroxybenzoate detergent and a lubricating oil composition comprising said detergent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Bowman Boffa, Jacob Daniel Ward, Christophe P. Le Deore, Brendan P. Miller, Curtis Bay Campbell
  • LUBRICATING ENGINE OIL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING DETERGENT COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20190002789
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a lubricating oil composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity, and an alkylhydroxybenzoate detergent compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Bowman Boffa, Walter Alexander Hartgers, Seyedeh Mahboobeh Hosseini, Jacob Daniel Ward, Christopher P. Le Deore, Brendan P. Miller, Xiaomin Helen Tu, Curtis Bay Campbell, Yue-Rong Li
  • LOW VISCOSITY ENGINE OILS CONTAINING ISOMERIZED PHENOLIC-BASED DETERGENTS
    Publication number: 20190002784
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to a lubricating oil composition having a HTHS viscosity at 150° C. in a range of about 1.3 to about 2.5 cP, comprising: (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. in a range of 1.5 to 6.0 mm2/s; and (b) an overbased metal salt of an alkyl-substituted detergent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Bowman Boffa, Jacob Daniel Ward, Brendan P. Miller, Isao Tanaka, Hitoshi Ohkubo, Koichi Kubo, John Robert Miller, Curtis Bay Campbell
  • LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING DETERGENT COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20190002791
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a lubricating oil composition comprising: a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity, and one or more detergents wherein at least one detergent is an alkylhydroxybenzoate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Bowman Boffa, Walter Alexander Hartgers, Seyedeh Mahboobeh Hosseini, Curtis Bay Campbell
  • Crankcase lubricant compositions and method of improving engine deposit performance
    Patent number: 5804537
    Abstract: A low phosphorus passenger car motor oil containing an oil of lubricating viscosity as the major component and a tri-metal detergent mixture as a minor component, wherein the tri-metal detergent mixture comprises at least one calcium overbased metal detergent, at least one magnesium overbased metal detergent and at least one sodium overbased metal detergent, wherein the tri-metal detergent mixture is present in the oil composition in an amount such that the total TBN contributed to the oil composition by the tri-metal detergent mixture is from about 2 to about 12, and wherein the calcium overbased detergent contributes from about 8 to about 42% of the total TBN contributed by the tri-metal detergent mixture, the magnesium overbased detergent contributes from about 29 to about 60% of the total TBN contributed by the tri-metal detergent mixture, and the sodium overbased detergent contributes from about 15 to about 64% of the total TBN contributed by the tri-metal detergent mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Bowman Boffa, Thomas Richard Bidwell