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).

  • Polymerization method and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 12269024
    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: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventors: Carl Waterson, Richard David Hayton, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Polymeric materials
    Patent number: 12234952
    Abstract: A combination comprising a receptacle of defined internal volume, which contains a chemical reaction product. The product may be made in apparatus for undertaking a chemical reaction which comprises 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventors: Carl Waterson, Richard David Hayton, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Polymeric materials
    Patent number: 12227601
    Abstract: Apparatus for undertaking a chemical reaction 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. In use of the apparatus, a chemical reaction product is formed within the receptacle. Subsequently the receptacle containing the chemical reaction product is withdrawn from the elongate housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventors: Carl Waterson, Richard David Hayton, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Compositions and methods and uses relating thereto
    Patent number: 12180420
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSPEC OIL FIELD CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Ian Malcolm McRobbie, Joseph Sustayta, Luis Angel Ziga, Jr.
  • TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20240352306
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation by contacting the formation with the following (a) ammonium bicarbonate; (b) an oxidizing agent selected from a perchlorate or a nitrite or combinations thereof; and (c) an acid (AA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Ian Malcolm McROBBIE, William Trenholme
  • Cosmetic compositions for combatting colour loss from a dyed material
    Patent number: 12076431
    Abstract: A concentrate composition comprising: (a) at least 0.1 wt % of a surfactant compound; and (b) at least 10 wt % one or more ingredients selected from aldehydes, succinimidyl esters, chelating agents and amine salts of carboxylic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas John Dixon, Matthew Robert Giles, Kimberley Elizabeth Griffiths, Tony Gough, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Treatment of subterranean formations
    Patent number: 12060522
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Malcolm McRobbie, William Trenholme
  • Treatment of subterranean formations
    Patent number: 11987751
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Malcolm McRobbie, William Trenholme
  • 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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