Patents by Inventor Michele Praulus

Michele Praulus 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).

  • Viscoreduced diesel fuels having improved cetane numbers
    Patent number: 5114434
    Abstract: The cetane numbers of viscoreduced diesel fuels are significantly improved by intimately contacting same with an effective amount of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a carboxylic acid, or with an effective amount of a percarboxylic acid either in the presence or absence of hydrogen peroxide; the final product diesel fuels are also effectively deodorized and decolorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem
    Inventors: Michele Praulus, Bernard Dubreux, Philippe Mulard