Patents by Inventor Mario Visca

Mario Visca 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).

  • Publication number: 20030134952
    Abstract: Aqueous compositions of (per)fluoropolyether phosphates of formula:
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.
    Inventors: Patrizia MacCone, Fiorenza D'Aprile, Mario Visca
  • Publication number: 20030134972
    Abstract: Aqueous compositions of (per)fluoropolyether phosphates of formula:
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.
    Inventors: Patrizia Maccone, Fiorenza D'Aprile, Mario Visca
  • Publication number: 20030092825
    Abstract: Mixtures of fluoropolymer dispersion, wherein:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: AUSIMONT S.P.A.
    Inventors: Mario Visca, Daria Lenti, Marco Malvasi, Enrico Marchese
  • Patent number: 6518352
    Abstract: Mixtures of fluoropolymer dispersion, wherein: a) a dispersion is formed by TFE (co)polymers with average particle sizes in the range 180-400 nm; b) another dispersion selected from: 1) (co)polymer dispersion of TFE; 2) thermoplastic copolymers of TFE; the average particle sizes of dispersion b) range from 20 to 60 nm; the ratio between the particle sizes of dispersion b) compared with those of dispersion a) is lower than 0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Visca, Daria Lenti, Marco Malvasi, Enrico Marchese
  • Publication number: 20030013923
    Abstract: Perfluoropolyethers having structural formula
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: AUSIMONT S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Marchionni, Mario Visca
  • Patent number: 6458862
    Abstract: Hydrofluoropolyether foaming agents selected from: difluoromethoxy-bis(difluoromethyl ether) of formula HCF2OCF2OCF2H; and/or 1-difluoromethoxy-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether of formula HCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H, and their use in polyurethane foams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ezio Musso, Mario Visca, Giampiero Basile
  • Publication number: 20020066205
    Abstract: Method for removing water from surfaces of various materials, comprising the steps of covering said surface with a composition having specific weight higher than that of water and subsequently removing water from the composition by skimming, wherein a composition essentially consisting of the following components is used:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Applicant: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Visca, Simonetta Fontana
  • Patent number: 6399562
    Abstract: Azeotropic or near azeotropic solvent compositions, based on 1-difluoromethoxy-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether, essentially consisting of (% by weight): I) 1-difluoromethoxy 15-99 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl difluromethyl ether (HCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H); isopentane 85-1  II) 1-difluromethoxy 25-99 1,1,2,2-tetrafluroethyl difluoromethyl ether (HCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H); methyl-acetate 75-1  III) 1-difluoromethoxy 35-99 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether (HCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H); 1-bromo-propane  65-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giampiero Basile, Mario Visca, Ezio Musso
  • Publication number: 20020010116
    Abstract: Azeotropic or near azeotropic solvent compositions, based on 1-difluoromethoxy-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether, essentially consisting of (% by weight): 1   I) 1-difluoromethoxy 15-99 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether (HCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H); isopentane 85-1  II) 1-difluoromethoxy 25-99 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether (HCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H); methyl-acetate 75-1 III) 1-difluoromethoxy 35-99 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether (HCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H); 1-bromo-propane 65-1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giampiero Basile, Mario Visca, Ezio Musso
  • Publication number: 20010051678
    Abstract: Use for improving the hydro- and oil-repellence properties of substrata having a low surface energy of (per)fluoropolyether mono- and bifunctional derivatives having the structures:
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Applicant: Ausimont S.p.A
    Inventor: Mario Visca
  • Patent number: 6313291
    Abstract: Fluorinated triazinic compounds having the formula: wherein Z=T—Y, with T=—(CH2)q, —SO2, —CO, q= is an integer from 1 to 20; Y=O—, O(C2H4O)p—, O(CH2)n—NR—, O (CH2)n—O—, O(C3H6O)p—, NR—, S—, S(C2H4O)p—, S(C3H6O)p—; wherein R=H, alkyl from 1 to 10 C atoms; n is an integer from 1 to 20; p is an integer from 1 to 5; Rf represents a linear or branched fluoroalkyl chain or a (per)fluoropolyether chain. X is selected from: Cl; Rf—CF2—Z; CF3—Z. Use of these triazinic compounds or of their formulations for the treatment of natural or synthetic fiber textiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gabriella Carignano, Antonio Russo, Piero Savarino, Paolo Baratta, Mario Visca
  • Patent number: 6221434
    Abstract: A surface treatment method for imparting -oil- and/or water-repellency, comprising the step of applying to the surface to be treated compositions comprising at least one compound having the formula III ACF2O—(CF2O)n(C2F4O)m—CF2—B  III where n=1-20, m=1-20 and A and B are reactive functional groups chosen independently from the group constituted by: a) CONHR, where R=CnH2n+1 with n=1-30, b) CH2OH, c) CONH(X)SiR1n(OR′)3−n, where n=0-2, R1 and R′, identical or different, are CrH2r+1 alkyl radicals, where r=1-4, and X is a bifunctional alkyl spacer of the (CHR″)m type, where m=1-20, and R″ can be H or CH3, optionally containing heteroatoms, d) —[CH2O(R′″O)p]k—P(O)(OH)3−k, where R′″ is an alkylene radical, for example C2H4 or C3H6, p=1-10 and k=1, 2, the composition comprising the compound at a suitable concentration and being a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Visca, Silvana Modena, Simonetta Fontana, Giovanni Gavazzi
  • Patent number: 5895826
    Abstract: Use of amino derivatives supported on inert supports in fluorinated fluids utilized in devices subjected to high specific energies to reduce to levels lower than the toxicity limits the toxic decomposition products of said fluorinated fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Ausimont, S.p.A.
    Inventor: Mario Visca
  • Patent number: 5856587
    Abstract: Extinguishing compositions comprising a liquid extinguishing agent constituted by hydrofluoropolyethers having general formulaHF.sub.2 CO(CF.sub.2 O).sub.n (CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 O).sub.m CF.sub.2 Hwherein n and m are integers comprised between 0 and 20, excluding when m and m are contemporaneously 0 and having boiling point between 30.degree. and 200.degree. C. and having an O/C molar ratio between 0.5-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Ausimot SpA
    Inventors: Mario Visca, Gianfranco Spataro, Giuseppe Marchionni
  • Patent number: 5698138
    Abstract: Microemulsions substantially consisting of:an aqueous solution,a perfluoropolyether having perfluoroalkyl end groups,a hydrocarbon compound,a fluorinated surfactantand optionally also of a hydrogenated or fluorinated alcohol, said microemulsions being in the form of a limpid or opalescent liquid, macroscopically consisting of a single phase, stable in a certain temperature range. The dispersing phase (or continuous phase) in the microemulsion may consist of one of the three above said liquid components, wherefore the microemulsion may be of the oil-in-water or water-in-oil type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Ausimont S.P.A.
    Inventors: Mario Visca, Alba Chittofrati
  • Patent number: 5656201
    Abstract: Perfluoropolyether microemulsions of the oil-in-water or water-in-oil type, consisting of perfluoropolyethers exhibiting an average molecular weight from 1,500 to 10,000, the end groups of which being at least partially of the functionalized type, optionally containing peroxide bridges in the chain and consisting of mixtures of products having different molecular weights, of a perfluorinated surfactant and/or a co-surfactant of the alkanol type having 1 to 12 C, and of an aqueous liquid optionally comprising an electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Ausimont S.r.l.
    Inventors: Mario Visca, Daria Lenti
  • Patent number: 5354552
    Abstract: A process and composition for treating skin and hair that reduces the redistribution of sebum on the skin and hair of normal and seborrheic subjects and normalizes the redistribution of sebum on the skin and hair of asteatosic persons. The composition includes a polyfluoroether with perfluoroalkyl end groups in combination with at least one surfactant having an interface tension less than or equal to 15 dynes/cm with the polyfluoroether, at least one thickening agent, water and optionally a polyalcohol, foam booster, softener, dye, preservative, opacifier, or sequestering agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Ausimont S.r.L.
    Inventors: Giovanni Pantini, Mario Visca
  • Patent number: 5115026
    Abstract: Process for the production of a composite material based on a polymer matrix comprising homogeneously dispersed therein an organic and/or inorganic filler, said process consisting in mixing together the aqueous dispersions of the single components, in which the dispersed particles of the dispersion have a surface charge of the same sign and "zeta potential" between 10 and 100 mV (in absolute value) and wherein the ratio (in absolute value) between the "zeta potentials" of the particles of each dispersion is between 0.2 and 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Visca, Giancarlo Boero, Daria Lenti
  • Patent number: 5095064
    Abstract: A composition suitable to form coating films on metal substrates, in particular acting as a primer, comprising an aqueous dispersion of a tetrafluoroethylene polymer and/or copolymer, containing phosphate ions and other anions of mineral acids and furthermore Mg and/or Mn in the form of divalent cations, the phosphate anion amount being such that, expressed as phosphorus/dry polymer weight ratio, it ranges from 0.005 to 0.15, and the amount of Mg ions and/or Mn ions being such that the Mg+Mn/P ratio expressed in atoms ranges from 0.1 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Fonte, Angelo Tentorio, Mario Visca
  • Patent number: 5093023
    Abstract: The present invention illustrates a process for preparing cleansing emulsions for beauty treatment. A perfluoropolyether having perfluoroalkyl end groups and one or more substance(s) selected from among surfactants, oils, fats and polyalcohols having a low interface tension with the perfluoropolyether, wherein at least one from these substances is a surfactant, are used. The several components of the cleansing emulsions are mixed according to a particular sequence, and with particular modalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Ausimont S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giovanni Pantini, Mario Visca