Patents by Inventor Bruce A. Iiams

Bruce A. Iiams 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).

  • Gelled formaldehyde transport method
    Patent number: 5320161
    Abstract: Formaldehyde and similar biocides are transported in a gelled, semi-solid or solid state by providing formaldehyde in a concentration in methanol of about fifty-five percent (55%) to eighty-five percent (85%) by weight, loading the solution in rail cars or truck transport tanks in a liquid state and cooling the solution to a gelled, semi-solid or solid state for transport to a destination followed by reheating the solution and/or mixing with a solvent for discharge to an application such as the produced water flowstreams from Alaskan North Slope oil fields, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company
    Inventor: Bruce A. Iiams