Patents by Inventor Mike Hails

Mike Hails 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).

  • Analysis of polymeric scale inhibitors
    Patent number: 8741151
    Abstract: The scale inhibitors in a variety of aqueous systems, or a part or sample thereof, also including one or more dissolved interfering ions, are separated therefrom and analyzed, such scale inhibitors comprising a polymer containing at least one anionic functional group, e.g., a strong acid functional group or a phosphonate or phosphate ester, and such analysis including treating these aqueous systems with a cationic substrate or a free cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Rhodia UK Limited
    Inventors: Mike Hails, Chris Jones
  • Improved Analysis of Polymeric Scale Inhibitors
    Publication number: 20090065433
    Abstract: The scale inhibitors in a variety of aqueous systems, or a part or sample thereof, also including one or more dissolved interfering ions, are separated therefrom and analyzed, such scale inhibitors comprising a polymer containing at least one anionic functional group, e.g., a strong acid functional group or a phosphonate or phosphate ester, and such analysis including treating these aqueous systems with a cationic substrate or a free cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Mike Hails, Chris Jones