Patents by Inventor Ian Malcolm McRobbie

Ian Malcolm McRobbie 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 of assembling an apparatus for containing reagents for a chemical reaction
    Patent number: 11951452
    Abstract: A method of assembling an apparatus for containing reagents for a chemical reaction. The apparatus includes an elongate housing and a receptacle. The elongate housing may include a cooling means, and end fittings which may include ports where fluids may be introduced and/or removed. Specifically, the method relates to the securement of a receptacle relative to the outwardly facing surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventors: Carl Waterson, Richard David Hayton, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • POLYMERISATION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20240024833
    Abstract: A method of assembling and/or operating apparatus for undertaking a chemical reaction. The apparatus includes a housing in which a precursor of a receptacle is arranged. A fluid (F1) may be introduced into said precursor to cause the precursor to inflate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Carl Waterson, Richard David Hayton, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Polymerisation method and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 11813602
    Abstract: A method of assembling and/or operating apparatus for undertaking a chemical reaction. The apparatus includes a housing in which a precursor of a receptacle is arranged. A fluid (F1) may be introduced into said precursor to cause the precursor to inflate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventors: Carl Waterson, Richard David Hayton, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Treatment of subterranean formations
    Patent number: 11753583
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation by contacting the formation with the following: (a) an ammonium compound; (b) an oxidizing agent selected from a perchlorate or a nitrite or combinations thereof; and (c) one or more acids, at least one of which is a bisulfate salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Malcolm McRobbie, William Trenholme
  • Treatment of subterranean formations
    Patent number: 11739256
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation by contacting the formation with the following: (a) ammonium sulfamate; (b) an oxidizing agent selected from a perchlorate or a nitrite or combinations thereof; and (c) an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Malcolm McRobbie, William Trenholme
  • Methods, compositions and uses relating thereto
    Patent number: 11642291
    Abstract: A method of treating a material, the method comprising contacting the material with a composition comprising a hydroxy-substituted aldehyde. In preferred aspects of the invention the material is a keratinous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Tony Gough, Matthew Robert Giles, Kimberley Elizabeth Griffiths, Nicholas John Dixon, Ian Malcolm Mcrobbie
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS AND USES RELATING THERETO
    Publication number: 20230140610
    Abstract: A method of reducing the viscosity of a crude oil, the method including adding to the crude oil (i) a surfactant compound including at least two hydrophobic groups wherein the resultant mixture has a water content of less than 10 vol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Malcolm McROBBIE, Joseph Sustayta, Luis Angel Ziga, JR.
  • Compositions and methods and uses relating thereto
    Patent number: 11566164
    Abstract: A method of reducing the viscosity of a crude oil, the method comprising adding to the crude oil (i) a surfactant compound including at least two hydrophobic groups wherein the resultant mixture has a water content of less than 10 vol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: INNOSPEC OIL FIELD CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Ian Malcolm McRobbie, Joseph Sustayta, Luis Angel Ziga, Jr.
  • TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20220127520
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation by contacting the formation with the following (a) ammonium bicarbonate; (b) and oxidizing agent selected from a perchlorate or a nitrite or combinations thereof; and (c) an acid (AA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ian Malcolm McRobbie, William Trenholme
  • TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20220127521
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation by contacting the formation with the following: (a) ammonium compound; (b) an oxidizing agent selected from a perchlorate or a nitrite or combinations thereof; and (c) sulfamic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ian Malcolm McRobbie, William Trenholme
  • CHEMICAL REACTIONS
    Publication number: 20220126261
    Abstract: A method of assembling an apparatus for containing reagents for a chemical reaction. The apparatus includes an elongate housing and a receptacle. The elongate housing may include a cooling means, and end fittings which may include ports where fluids may be introduced and/or removed. Specifically, the method relates to the securement of a receptacle relative to the outwardly facing surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Carl Waterson, Richard David Hayton, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20220127522
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation by contacting the formation with the following: (a) an ammonium compound; (b) an oxidizing agent selected from a perchlorate or a nitrite or combinations thereof; and (c) one or more acids, at least one of which is a bisulfate salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ian Malcolm McRobbie, William Trenholme
  • TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20220127519
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation by contacting the formation with the following: (a) ammonium compound; (b) an oxidizing agent selected from a perchlorate or a nitrite or combinations thereof; and (c) sulfamic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ian Malcolm McROBBIE, William Trenholme
  • Methods, compositions and uses relating thereto
    Patent number: 11311471
    Abstract: A method of treating a material, the method comprising the steps of: (1) contacting the material with a composition comprising an electrophilic species selected from aldehydes, succinimidyl esters, and mixtures thereof; (2) contacting the material with a composition comprising a chelating agent and/or a salt of an amine and/or a carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas John Dixon, Matthew Robert Giles, Kimberley Elizabeth Griffiths, Tony Gough, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Methods, compositions and uses relating thereto
    Patent number: 11304884
    Abstract: A method of treating a material, the method comprising contacting the material with a composition comprising an alpha-substituted aldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Tony Gough, Matthew Robert Giles, Kimberley Elizabeth Griffiths, Nicholas John Dixon, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • POLYMERISATION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20220055003
    Abstract: A method of assembling and/or operating apparatus for undertaking a chemical reaction. The apparatus includes a housing in which a precursor of a receptacle is arranged. A fluid (F1) may be introduced into said precursor to cause the precursor to inflate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Carl Waterson, Richard David Hayton, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Reducing colour loss from a dyed material by using an amine salt of a carboxylic acid
    Patent number: 11253453
    Abstract: A method of combatting colour loss from a dyed material, the method comprising contacting the material with a composition comprising an amine salt of a carboxylic acid wherein the carboxylic acid has 4 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas John Dixon, Matthew Robert Giles, Kimberley Elizabeth Griffiths, Tony Gough, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Methods and compositions for combatting color loss
    Patent number: 11253452
    Abstract: A method of combating colour loss from a dyed material, the method comprising contacting the material with a composition comprising a hydroxy-substituted aldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas John Dixon, Matthew Robert Giles, Kimberley Elizabeth Griffiths, Tony Gough, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Methods, compositions and uses relating thereto
    Patent number: 11234917
    Abstract: A method of combatting colour loss from a dyed material, the method comprising the steps of: (1) contacting the material with a composition comprising an electrophilic species selected from aldehydes, succinimidyl esters, and mixtures thereof; (2) contacting the material with a composition comprising a chelating agent and/or a salt of an amine and/or a carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas John Dixon, Matthew Robert Giles, Kimberley Elizabeth Griffiths, Tony Gough, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Methods, compositions and uses relating thereto
    Patent number: 11000461
    Abstract: A method of combatting colour loss from a dyed material, the method comprising contacting the material with a composition comprising an alpha-substituted aldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas John Dixon, Matthew Robert Giles, Kimberley Elizabeth Griffiths, Tony Gough, Ian Malcolm McRobbie