Patents by Inventor Giovanni Floridi

Giovanni Floridi 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).

  • SHALE INHIBITORS BASED ON CATIONIC TAMARIND GUM, AND DRILLING FLUID COMPRISING THE SHALE INHIBITOR
    Publication number: 20180066172
    Abstract: Method for inhibiting the swelling and the dispersion of shales in the treatment of subterranean shale formations comprising the use of a cationic tamarind gum and fluids for the treatment of subterranean shale formations comprising a cationic tamarind gum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Laura Vigano, Luigi MERLI, Pierangelo PIROVANO, Valentina LANGELLA, Mauro RICCABONI, Giovanni FLORIDI, Giuseppe LI BASSI
  • Joint compounds
    Patent number: 9902651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ready-to-use drying joint compounds that exhibit improved performance characteristics due to the presence of a hydrophobically modified polygalactomannan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: LAMBERTI SPA
    Inventors: Giampietro Margheritis, Barbara Biasotti, Barbara Gatti, Roberto Coarezza, Valentina Langella, Giovanni Floridi, Giuseppe Li Bassi
  • PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20170334098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of dies for moulds for the production of tiles with three dimensional texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: LAMBERTI SPA
    Inventors: Elena BELLOTTI, Emilio CREMONA, Silvia MANSI, Giovanni FLORIDI, Giuseppe LI BASSI
  • METHOD OF INCREASING LUBRICITY OF WELLBORE FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20170321103
    Abstract: Method for increasing lubricity of a wellbore fluid comprising the following steps: i) preparing a water in oil microemulsion that contains insoluble particles of metal hydroxides and/or metal oxides in the inner aqueous phase, the insoluble particles being synthesized from their salt precursors in the water droplets of the microemulsion; ii) adding to the wellbore fluid the water in oil microemulsion; iii) injecting the wellbore fluid into a subterranean formation and iv) performing the drilling, completion or coiled tubing operations in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Erik GALLO, Luigi MERLI, Pierangelo PIROVANO, Letizia PRIVITERA, Massimo CECCHETTO, Giovanni FLORIDI, Giuseppe LI BASSI
  • Process for the preparation of a phenylindan photoinitiator
    Patent number: 9765006
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for producing 5-[4-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl)-1-oxo-prop-1-yl]-3-[4-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl)-1-oxo-prop-1-yl-phenyl]-2,3-dihydro-1,1,3-trimethyl-1H-indene (dimer isomer 5) that comprises the acylation of cumene in the 4-position with an isobutyryl halide, followed by benzylic halogenation and dimerization (cyclization) of the resulting product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: IGM RESINS ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Gabriele Norcini, Angelo Casiraghi, Enzo Meneguzzo, Giovanni Floridi, Giuseppe Li Bassi
  • Aqueous adjuvant concentrates with improved spray drift properties
    Patent number: 9750243
    Abstract: An aqueous adjuvant concentrate can be prepared using a formulation including: a. from about 15 to about 45% by weight of a potassium salt chosen among di-potassium phosphate, potassium sulfate, potassium nitrate, tri-potassium citrate, potassium salts of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and mixture thereof; b. from about 0.5 to about 6% by weight of at least one surfactant and c. from about 3 to about 9% by weight of a hydroxypropyl tamarind gum; wherein a, b, and c are dissolved into the aqueous adjuvant. The aqueous adjuvant can include other compounds such as ah herbicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: LAMBERTI SPA
    Inventors: Rocco Di Modugno, James Dean Reiss, Bradley Eidem, Valentina Langella, Mauro Riccaboni, Giovanni Floridi, Giuseppe Li Bassi
  • METHOD FOR TREATING SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20170247597
    Abstract: Method of treating a portion of a subterranean formation comprising the injection of an aqueous fluid containing a modified polysaccharide bearing ethylenically unsaturated double bonds and an initiator of radical polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: LAMBERTI SPA
    Inventors: Roberto MACCHI, Enrico CAVO, Lorenzo GIARDINI, Angelo CASIRAGHI, Luigi MERLI, Mauro TENCONI, Pierangelo PIROVANO, Giovanni FLORIDI, Giuseppe LI BASSI
  • Multifunctional acylphosphine oxide photoinitiators
    Publication number: 20170240659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of novel multifunctional mono- and bis-acylphosphine oxides, which are useful as photoinitiators, and to photocurable compositions comprising said photoinitiators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Gabriele NORCINI, Marika MORONE, Andrea BERNINI FREDDI, Giovanni FLORIDI, Giuseppe LI BASSI
  • ADDITIVE FOR INKJET INKS
    Publication number: 20170183524
    Abstract: A carboxylated polyurethane useful as milling and dispersing agent for ceramic inkjet inks and a method for decorating glass substrates and green or fired ceramic bodies by the use of inkjet printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Karine COGET, Simona ESPOSITO, Thomas GALLO, Alan NAPPA, Stefano FUMAGALLI, Giovanni FLORIDI, Giuseppe LI BASSI
  • Method of treating subterranean formations
    Patent number: 9688907
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of treating a portion of a subterranean formation comprising the use of an aqueous fracturing fluid containing a fast dissolving and easily dispersible unpunfied polygalactomannan ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: LAMBERTI SPA
    Inventors: Lorenzo Giardini, Luigi Merli, Valentina Langella, Mauro Riccaboni, Barbara Biasotti, Giovanni Floridi, Giuseppe Li Bassi, Pierangelo Pirovano
  • PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A PHENYLINDAN PHOTOINITIATOR
    Publication number: 20170152202
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for producing 5-[4-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl)-1-oxo-prop-1-yl]-3-[4-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl)-1-oxo-prop-1-yl-phenyl]-2,3-dihydro-1,1,3-trimethyl-1H-indene (dimer isomer 5) that comprises the acylation of cumene in the 4-position with an isobutyryl halide, followed by benzylic halogenation and dimerization (cyclization) of the resulting product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Gabriele NORCINI, Angelo CASIRAGHI, Enzo MENEGUZZO, Giovanni FLORIDI, Giuseppe LI BASSI
  • Water soluble polymers for agrochemical compositions
    Patent number: 9635851
    Abstract: Agrochemical aqueous compositions containing at least one organic, solid agrochemically active ingredient which is insoluble in water and, as dispersing and wetting agent, a water soluble polymer based on one or more ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, from 5% to 55% of the carboxylic groups of said water soluble polymer being esterified with a polyalkoxylated polystyrylphenol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: LAMBERTI SPA
    Inventors: Filippo Quaglia, Dario Fornara, Rocco Di Modugno, Cristina Picco, Alessandro D'Aloia, Arianna Benetti, Giovanni Floridi, Giuseppe Li Bassi
  • Rheology modifier for drilling and well treatment fluids
    Patent number: 9611418
    Abstract: Water in oil emulsion drilling and well treatment fluids comprising an ester of trimer fatty acids and polyoxyethyiene glycol, the polyoxyethyiene glycol having average molecular weight from about (150) to about (600) and the trimer acids having at least about 20% of carboxyl acid groups esterified, as rheology modifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: LAMBERTI SPA
    Inventors: Cristina Maria Picco, Massimo Cecchetto, Pierangelo Pirovano, Luigi Merli, Giovanni Floridi, Giuseppe Li Bassi
  • JOINT COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20170081245
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ready-to-use drying joint compounds that exhibit improved performance characteristics due to the presence of a hydrophobically modified polygalactomannan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Giampietro MARGHERITIS, Barbara BIASOTTI, Barbara GATTI, Roberto COAREZZA, Valentina LANGELLA, Giovanni FLORIDI, Giuseppe LI BASSI
  • Dispersants
    Patent number: 9580616
    Abstract: Compound of Formula (1); wherein: Zw is an organic radical comprising w amino groups, in which w is a number and 5?w?3,000; A and B are independently oxy-C1-C20-alkylene carbonyl groups or oxy-C2-C20-alkenylene carbonyl groups derived from hydroxy carboxylic acids or lactones; T is hydrogen or R—CO—, where R is a C1-C50 hydrocarbyl group; Y is a C3-C4-alkylene radical linked to an amino group of Zw; Y? is an ionic salt link between an amino group of Zw and the terminal carbonyl of (A)r-(B)p-T; r and p are independently numbers between 0 and 50 and r+p>2; s, m and v are numbers; 0.99w?s+m?2w; and 0.3w?s+v?2w are suitable as dispersants and milling aids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: LAMBERTI SPA
    Inventors: Dario Fornara, Alan Nappa, Tamara Verzotti, Paolo Prampolini, Stefano Crespi, Giovanni Floridi, Giuseppe Li Bassi
  • PROCESS FOR MAKING TILES
    Publication number: 20170029334
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for making ceramic tiles characterized by the addition to the ceramic raw materials of an aqueous slurry comprising a swellable clay of the smectite family, a binder and a water-soluble salt of a monovalent cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Stefano CRESPI, Davide RICCO', Paolo PRAMPOLINI, Giovanni FLORIDI, Giuseppe LI BASSI
  • DEPOLYMERISATION OF POLYSACCHARIDES AND RELATED PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20170002100
    Abstract: Procedure for depolymerising polysaccharides using UV-vis light irradiation catalyzed by a radical photoinitiator. The polysaccharides obtained with the procedure of the invention have a average number molecular weight comprised between 5,000 and 500,000 and when dissolved in water give solutions with high concentrations and low viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: LAMBERTI SPA
    Inventors: Roberto MACCHI, Angelo CASIRAGHI, Gabriele NORCINI, Mauro TENCONI, Giovanni FLORIDI, Giuseppe LI BASSI, Enzo MENEGUZZO
  • METHOD FOR REDUCING SPRAY DRIFT
    Publication number: 20160374334
    Abstract: Spray drift may be reduced during spray applications. Spray drift during the application of a pesticidal or crop protection spray tank solution may be reduced by mixing the pesticidal or crop protection spray tank solution with a drift control formulation containing a maltodextrin and a C12-C22 mono- or di-carboxylic acid or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: LAMBERTI SpA
    Inventors: Rocco DI MODUGNO, Mauro Riccaboni, Valentina Langella, James Dean Reiss, Giovanni Floridi, Giuseppe Li Bassi
  • INKS FOR INKJET PRINTERS
    Publication number: 20160319143
    Abstract: Method for decorating green or fired ceramic bodies by inkjet printing comprising the use of a ceramic inkjet ink which is prepared by milling a ceramic inorganic pigment in an organic medium in the presence of a dispersing agent which is the reaction product of a polyethyleneimine and a 12-hydroxystearic acid and ?-caprolactone co-polyester, until the average particle size of the pigment is between 0.1 and 0.8 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Dario FORNARA, Alan NAPPA, Tamara VERZOTTI, Paolo PRAMPOLINI, Stefano CRESPI, Giovanni FLORIDI, Giuseppe LIBASSI
  • Moisturizing agents
    Patent number: 9464227
    Abstract: A concentrated aqueous composition may be prepared by from a formulation including: a. from 10 to 30% by weight (% wt) of a depolymerized carboxymethyl cellulose having a weight average molecular weight of from about 10,000 to about 80,000 dalton (Da); b. from 15 to 50% of a compatibilizer selected from the group consisting of glycerol and sodium xylene sulfonate; and c. from about 0.5 to about 20% by weight of a surfactant. The concentrated aqueous solution may be employed to prepare an aqueous solution which is useful for moisturizing soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: LAMBERTI SPA
    Inventors: Rocco Di Modugno, Don Spier, Dario Chiavacci, Chiara Cipriani, Stefania Vecchi, Giovanni Floridi, Giuseppe Li Bassi