Patents by Inventor Mark S. Mick

Mark S. Mick 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).

  • Stabilizing additive for the prevention of oxidation and peroxide formation
    Patent number: 6475252
    Abstract: A liquid hydrocarbon stabilizer including a hindered phenol, and a peroxide decomposer selected from sulfides having a general formula R4—S—R5 and phosphine compounds having a general formula PR6R7R8 where R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are the same or different and are each alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyaryl, hydroxyalkylaryl, hydroxyarylalkyl groups, or heteroatomic alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyaryl, hydroxyalkylaryl, hydroxyarylalkyl groups containing nitrogen, sulfur, or oxygen. A method of treating liquid hydrocarbons with the liquid hydrocarbon is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: University of Dayton
    Inventors: Shawn P. Heneghan, Steven S. Zabarnick, Mark S. Mick