Patents by Inventor Michael Wayne Adams

Michael Wayne Adams 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).

  • Patent number: 8257450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the reduction or inhibition of corrosion in an atmospheric burner unit by adding to a combustion system an effective amount of manganese, or a manganese precursor source, or derivative. The system may further include a catalyst package that may be composed of one or more individual organometallic compounds of Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Mo, Fe, Co, Pt, Ce, and combinations, mixtures or precursors thereof. The manganese component of the catalyst package of the present invention reduces or eliminates the poisoning of the combustion system, whereby improved combustion and reduced emissions result. In addition, this invention inhibits both high- and low-temperature corrosion that occurs on the hot surfaces of burner furnace walls and tubes, and on cooler surfaces of the burner unit exhaust stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Intangibles LLC
    Inventors: Allen A. Aradi, Michael Wayne Adams, Stephen Alan Factor
  • Publication number: 20040118032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the reduction or inhibition of corrosion in an atmospheric burner unit by adding to a combustion system an effective amount of manganese, or a manganese precursor source, or derivative. The system may further include a catalyst package that may be composed of one or more individual organometallic compounds of Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Mo, Fe, Co, Pt, Ce, and combinations, mixtures or precursors thereof. The manganese component of the catalyst package of the present invention reduces or eliminates the poisoning of the combustion system, whereby improved combustion and reduced emissions result. In addition, this invention inhibits both high- and low-temperature corrosion that occurs on the hot surfaces of burner furnace walls and tubes, and on cooler surfaces of the burner unit exhaust stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Allen A. Aradi, Michael Wayne Adams, Stephen Alan Factor
  • Patent number: 6139875
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aqueous enteric coating composition comprised of a solution of a water-soluble salt of an enteric coating polymer, with a hydrophobic compound containing 12 to 20 carbon atoms and a water-insoluble solid flake material dispersed in the aqueous solution. The enteric coating formed from the present composition has good mechanical strength and shows superior resistance to attack by atmospheric moisture and simulated gastric fluid, while being readily broken down under the alkaline conditions which exist in the intestine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Michael Wayne Adams, Stephen Hong-Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 5723151
    Abstract: Provided are enteric coating compositions which utilize a low viscosity cellulose acetate phthalate polymer as a film former. The cellulose acetate phthalates have an inherent viscosity of about 0.2 to 0.6 dL/g and phthalyl values of from 30 to 40% and can be applied to solid oral medicaments with less solvent than conventional cellulose acetate phthalate polymers. Also provided is a process for preparing the low viscosity cellulose acetate phthalate polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Phillip Michael Cook, Michael Wayne Adams, Joseph Vaden Smith