Patents by Inventor Brian K. Failon

Brian K. Failon 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).

  • Method for controlling scale using synergistic phosphonate blends
    Patent number: 6063290
    Abstract: The present invention is a process of treating aqueous systems to prevent precipitation of dissolved metal ion species, for example, Ca, Mg, Ba, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn. This has the effect of preventing scale and/or stain formation. The process involves introducing 0.5 to 15000 ppm (or mg/liter) of a synergistic mixture of HEDP and DETPMP into the aqueous system to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Albright & Wilson Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Failon, Robert G. Gabriel
  • Method for controlling scale using synergistic phosphonate blends
    Patent number: 6063289
    Abstract: The present invention is a process of treating aqueous systems to prevent precipitation of dissolved metal ion species, for example, Ca, Mg, Ba, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn. This has the effect of preventing scale and/or stain formation. The process involves introducing 0.5 to 100 ppm of a synergistic mixture of HEDP and DETPMP into the water system to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Albright & Wilson Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Failon, Robert G. Gabriel
  • Filtration aids for removal of calcium solids from aqueous phosphoric acid
    Patent number: 4800071
    Abstract: Separation of gypsum from phosphoric acid liquor produced during the production of phosphoric acid from finely ground phosphate rock. These aids are characterized as containing sulfonate and acrylamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: Nalco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ralph W. Kaesler, Donald G. Robinson, Wayne L. Moss, Brian K. Failon