Patents by Inventor Luciano Canova

Luciano Canova 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).

  • Compositions of liquid hydrocarbons from refining endowed with improved behavior at low temperatures
    Patent number: 5189231
    Abstract: The filter plugging point and the pour-point at low temperatures of compositions based on liquid hydrocarbons from refining are improved by means of the addition, preferably in solution, of a mixture of an ethylene copolymer with another copolymerizable monomer and of an imidized acrylic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Societa' Italiana Additivi Per Carburanti s.r.l.
    Inventors: Luciano Canova, Ettore Santoro, Luciano Bonoli, Paolo Falchi
  • Compositions of refinery hydrocarbons endowed with improved fluidity at low temperatures containing methacyclophanes
    Patent number: 5171330
    Abstract: The fluidity at low temperatures of compositions based on refinery liquid hydrocarbons can be improved by adding, preferably under solution, [l.sub.4 ]-methacyclophanes with substituents, obtained from the condensation reaction of a resorcin with a product containing an aldehyde group, followed by a reaction with halides of organic acids or alkyl halides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Societa' Italiana Additivi Per Carburanti
    Inventors: Ettore Santoro, Luciano Canova, Enrico Dalcanale, Stefanio Bonsignore, Paolo Falchi
  • Compatible mixtures of N-aryl polyglutarimides with styrene copolymers
    Patent number: 5106919
    Abstract: Compatible mixtures of styrene copolymers of type SAN (AES, ABS, SAN) with polyglutarimides, characterized in that the polyglutarimides are prepared by imidization of poly(meth)acrylates and/or poly(meth)acrylic acid with amides of formulaX--Z--NHRwhereX=H, hydrocarbyl or, when ##STR1## a --NHR radical or a --Y--CO--NHR radical; R=aryl; ##STR2## --C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --SO.sub.2. The mixtures composed of SAN copolymers and N-aryl polyglutarimides having a Tg of at least 140.degree. C. are claimed as new mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Mountedipe S.r.l.
    Inventors: Luciano Canova, Giorgio Giannotta, Enrico Albizzati
  • Compositions of hydrocarbons from refining, endowed with improved fluidity at low temperatures
    Patent number: 5097084
    Abstract: The fluidity at low temperatures of compositions based on liquid hydrocarbons from refining is improved by the addition, preferably in solution, of ethylene/propylene/(conjugated diene) copolymers or terpolymers, containing 20-55% of propylene, optionally degraded by thermo-oxidation, and structurally characterized by values of at least one of X.sub.2 and X.sub.4 parameters, which are equal to, or lower than, about 0.02, indicative of the absence in the polymeric chain of propylene linking inversions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignees: Societa' Italiana Additivi per Carburanti S.r.l., Ausimont S.r.l.
    Inventors: Federico Milani, Ettore Santoro, Luciano Canova, Enrico Albizzati, Paolo Falchi
  • Imidized acrylic polymers and process for their preparation
    Patent number: 5021514
    Abstract: Imidized acrylic polymers obtained by means of the reaction of an acrylic resin in the molten state, with at least one modifying agent having the general formula:R--X--NH--R' (I)wherein:R and R' are either equal to, or different from, each other and represent hydrogen or an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or alkylaryl radical containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, andX is a bifunctional radical selected from the group consisting of: --CO--, --CONH--, --NHCO--, --OCO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --C.sub.6 H.sub.4 SO.sub.2 --.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Vedril S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luciano Canova, Umberto Giannini, Enrico Albizzati
  • Imidized acrylic polymers and process for their preparation
    Patent number: 4968755
    Abstract: Imidized acrylic polymers obtained by means of the reaction of an acrylic resin in the molten state, with at least one modifying agent having the general formula:R--X--NH--R' (I)wherein:R and R' are either equal to, or different from, each other and represent hydrogen or an alkyl, cycloalkyl; aryl or alkylaryl radical containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, andX is a bifunctional radical selected from the group consisting of: --CO--, --CONH--, --NHCO--, --OCO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --C.sub.6 H.sub.4 SO.sub.2 --.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Vedril S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luciano Canova, Umberto Giannini, Enrico Albizzati
  • Process for imidizing vinyl-aromatic copolymers
    Patent number: 4933395
    Abstract: Process for the imidization of vinyl-aromatic copolymers containing maleic anhydride, using as an imidizing agent an amide, the imidization being conducted in an anhydrous state and in the presence of a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: Montedipe S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luciano Canova, Umberto Giannini, Enrico Albizzati, Antonio Proto
  • Process for the imidization of copolymers of maleic anhydride with vinyl-aromatic monomers
    Patent number: 4889896
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the imidization of copolymers of maleic anhydride with vinyl-aromatic monomers using an urea as the imidizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: Montedipe S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luciano Canova, Umberto Giannini, Enrico Albizzati, Italo Borghi, Antonio Proto