Patents by Inventor Gregory J. Livingstone

Gregory J. Livingstone 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).

  • PROCESS FOR ABSORBING AND ADSORBING OIL DEGRADATION PRODUCTS FROM LUBRICATING OILS
    Publication number: 20110089114
    Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments is a method of removing a compound from a lubricating fluid comprising contacting the lubricating fluid with a solid medium having acrylamide functionality to absorb or adsorb the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Gregory J. Livingstone, Brian T. Thompson, David L. Woonton
  • Process for removing soluble and insoluble oxidation by-products from non-polar lubricating and hydraulic fluids
    Publication number: 20090001023
    Abstract: A method of inserting into a non-polar fluid flow a quantity of a solid medium having porosity, preferably a crosslinked polystyrene resin, which absorbs or adsorbs oil oxidation by-products or other lubricant degradation products or varnish precursors dramatically to extend the life and performance of the lubricating oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Peter E. Dufresne, Gregory J. Livingstone, David L. Wooton