Patents by Inventor Nathaniel Cain
Nathaniel Cain 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).
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Publication number: 20230093978Abstract: A lubricant additive composition and lubricant composition are provided that include one or more friction modifier compounds and antiwear compounds. Methods of lubricating moving metal surfaces of a machine are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: John Marshall BAKER, Nathaniel CAIN
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Patent number: 11091613Abstract: A copolymer including ethylene units and units of one or more C3-10 alpha-olefins. The copolymer has a number average molecular weight of less than 5,000 g/mol, as measured by GPC. The ethylene content of the copolymer is less than 80 mol %. At least 70% of molecules of the copolymer have an unsaturated group, and at least 70% of said unsaturated groups are located in a terminal vinylidene group or a tri-substituted isomer of a terminal vinylidene group. The copolymer has a crossover temperature of ?20° C. or lower and/or a certain ethylene run length. Also disclosed are a method for making the copolymer and polyolefins plasticized with 1-40 wt % of the copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Nathaniel Cain, John Loper, Lawrence Cunningham, Joseph W. Roos
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Publication number: 20210171678Abstract: A copolymer including ethylene units and units of one or more C3-10 alpha-olefins. The copolymer has a number average molecular weight of less than 5,000 g/mol, as measured by GPC. The ethylene unit content of the copolymer is less than 80 mol %. 70 mol % or greater of the copolymer has a carbon-carbon double bond in a terminal monomer unit, and at least 70 mol % of the terminal unsaturation is vinylidene, one or more tri-substituted isomers of the vinylidene or any combination thereof. The copolymer has a crossover temperature of ?20° C. or lower and/or a certain average ethylene run length. Also disclosed are a method for making the copolymer and polyolefins plasticized with 1-40 wt. % of the copolymer. The copolymers may low metal (ash) and/or fluorine contents.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2018Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Nathaniel Cain, John Loper, Lawrence Cunningham, Joseph W. Roos
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Publication number: 20210070900Abstract: Ethylene-C3-C10 alpha olefin copolymers, dispersants and lubricating oils/fuel compositions incorporating dispersants, and related methods are generally described herein. The copolymer may comprise ethylene-derived units and C3-C10 alpha-olefin-derived units. The C3-C10 alpha-olefin-derived units may have a carbon number from three to ten. For example, the C3-C10 alpha-olefin-derived units may be propylene-derived units. The dispersants may be made from copolymers having low metal and/or fluorine contents.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2018Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Nathaniel Cain, John Loper, Lawrence Cunningham, Joseph W. Roos
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Patent number: 10584297Abstract: Ethylene-C3-C10 alpha olefin copolymers, dispersants and lubricating oils/fuel compositions incorporating dispersants, and related methods are generally described herein. The copolymer may comprise ethylene-derived units and C3-C10 alpha-olefin-derived units. The C3-C10 alpha-olefin-derived units may have a carbon number from three to ten. For example, the C3-C10 alpha-olefin-derived units may be propylene-derived units.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: AFTON Chemical CorporationInventors: Nathaniel Cain, John T. Loper, Lawrence Cunningham, Joseph W. Roos
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Publication number: 20190177651Abstract: Lubricating oil compositions including olefin copolymer dispersants comprising olefin copolymers derived from ethylene and one or more C3-C10 alpha olefins in combination with various additives and related methods are generally described herein. The compositions may include one or more phosphorus-containing compound(s), detergents, friction modifiers, extreme pressure agents, and mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: John Loper, Nathaniel Cain, Mark Devlin
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Publication number: 20190177518Abstract: A copolymer including ethylene units and units of one or more C3-10 alpha-olefins. The copolymer has a number average molecular weight of less than 5,000 g/mol, as measured by GPC. The copolymers have low metal (ash) and/or fluorine contents.The ethylene content of the copolymer is less than 80 mol %. 70 mol % or greater of the copolymer has a carbon-carbon double bond in a terminal monomer unit, and at least 70 mol % of the terminal monomer units that have a carbon-carbon double bond have a terminal group selected from a vinylidene group and a tri-substituted isomer of a vinylidene group. The copolymer has a crossover temperature of ?20° C. or lower and/or a certain ethylene run length. Also disclosed are a method for making the copolymer and polyolefins plasticized with 1-40 wt. % of the copolymer as well as methods of fanctionalizing the copolymer and products made with the functionalized coploymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Nathaniel Cain, John Loper
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Publication number: 20190177632Abstract: A fuel composition including a fuel and a fuel additive including a fuel soluble detergent selected from succinimide compounds of the Formula (I), Mannich detergents of the formulae (IIa), and amine detergents of the formulae (IIIa) and (IIIb). The fuel soluble detergents are derived from a specific class of ethylene-alpha olefin copolymers having an Mn of less than 5,000 g/mol, an ethylene unit content of more than 40 mol % to less than 90 mol %; a terminal unsaturation of 70 mol % or greater; at least 70 mol % of the unsaturation is terminal vinylidene, one or more tri-substituted isomers of the terminal vinylidene or any combination thereof, an average ethylene run length of less than 2.6; and wherein nC2,Actual>nC2,Statistical. Methods employing the fuel compositions for operating diesel and gasoline engines to reduce injector valve deposits, valve sticking and injector nozzle fouling, and a method for stabilizing a diesel fuel composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Nathaniel Cain, Michel Nuckols, John Loper, Lawrence Cunningham, William Colucci
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Publication number: 20190169334Abstract: A copolymer including ethylene units and units of one or more C3-10 alpha-olefins. The copolymer has a number average molecular weight of less than 5,000 g/mol, as measured by GPC. The ethylene content of the copolymer is less than 80 mol %. At least 70% of molecules of the copolymer have an unsaturated group, and at least 70% of said unsaturated groups are located in a terminal vinylidene group or a tri-substituted isomer of a terminal vinylidene group. The copolymer has a crossover temperature of ?20° C. or lower and/or a certain ethylene run length. Also disclosed are a method for making the copolymer and polyolefins plasticized with 1-40 wt % of the copolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Nathaniel Cain, John Loper, Lawrence Cunningham, Joseph W. Roos
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Patent number: 10221267Abstract: A copolymer including ethylene units and units of one or more C3-10 alpha-olefins. The copolymer has a number average molecular weight of less than 5,000 g/mol, as measured by GPC. The ethylene content of the copolymer is less than 80 mol %. At least 70% of molecules of the copolymer have an unsaturated group, and at least 70% of said unsaturated groups are located in a terminal vinylidene group or a tri-substituted isomer of a terminal vinylidene group. The copolymer has a crossover temperature of ?20° C. or lower and/or a certain ethylene run length. Also disclosed are a method for making the copolymer and polyolefins plasticized with 1-40 wt % of the copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Nathaniel Cain, John Loper, Lawrence Cunningham, Joseph W. Roos
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Publication number: 20180162972Abstract: A copolymer including ethylene units and units of one or more C3-10 alpha-olefins. The copolymer has a number average molecular weight of less than 5,000 g/mol, as measured by GPC. The ethylene content of the copolymer is less than 80 mol %. At least 70% of molecules of the copolymer have an unsaturated group, and at least 70% of said unsaturated groups are located in a terminal vinylidene group or a tri-substituted isomer of a terminal vinylidene group. The copolymer has a crossover temperature of ?20° C. or lower and/or a certain ethylene run length. Also disclosed are a method for making the copolymer and polyolefins plasticized with 1-40 wt % of the copolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Nathaniel Cain, John Loper, Lawrence Cunningham, Joseph W. Roos
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Publication number: 20180163153Abstract: Ethylene-C3-C10 alpha olefin copolymers, dispersants and lubricating oils/fuel compositions incorporating dispersants, and related methods are generally described herein. The copolymer may comprise ethylene-derived units and C3-C10 alpha-olefin-derived units. The C3-C10 alpha-olefin-derived units may have a carbon number from three to ten. For example, the C3-C10 alpha-olefin-derived units may be propylene-derived units.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Afton Chemical CorporationInventors: Nathaniel Cain, John T. Loper, Lawrence Cunningham, Joseph W. Roos