Patents by Inventor Roberto Tassinari

Roberto Tassinari 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: 9884299
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a water-in-oil or oil-in-water nanoemulsion wherein the dispersed phase is distributed in the dispersing phase in the form of droplets having a diameter ranging from 1 to 500 nm, comprising: 1) the preparation of a homogeneous water/oil blend (I) characterized by an interface tension lower than 1 mN/m, comprising water in an amount of 30 to 70% by weight, at least two surface-active agents having a different HLB, selected from non-ionic, anionic, polymeric surface-active agents, said surface-active agents being present in such a quantity as to make the blend homogeneous; 2) the dilution of the blend (I) in a dispersing phase consisting of oil or water with the addition of a surface-active agent, selected from non-ionic, anionic, polymeric surface-active agents, the quantity of the dispersing phase and surface-active agent being such as to obtain a nanoemulsion having a HLB different from that of the blend (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignees: ENI S.p.A., POLIMERI EUROPA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lucilla Del Gaudio, Thomas Paul Lockhart, Alessandra Belloni, Rossella Bortolo, Roberto Tassinari
  • Publication number: 20130209527
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a water-in-oil or oil-in-water nanoemulsion wherein the dispersed phase is distributed in the dispersing phase in the form of droplets having a diameter ranging from 1 to 500 nm, comprising: 1) the preparation of a homogeneous water/oil blend (I) characterized by an interface tension lower than 1 mN/m, comprising water in an amount of 30 to 70% by weight, at least two surface-active agents having a different HLB, selected from non-ionic, anionic, polymeric surface-active agents, said surface-active agents being present in such a quantity as to make the blend homogeneous; 2) the dilution of the blend (I) in a dispersing phase consisting of oil or water with the addition of a surface-active agent, selected from non-ionic, anionic, polymeric surface-active agents, the quantity of the dispersing phase and surface--active agent being such as to obtain a nanoemulsion having a HLB different from that of the blend (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Lucilla DEL GAUDIO, Thomas Paul Lockhart, Alessandra Belloni, Rossella Bortolo, Roberto Tassinari
  • Patent number: 8431620
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a water-in-oil or oil-in-water nanoemulsion wherein the dispersed phase is distributed in the dispersing phase in the form of droplets having a diameter ranging from 1 to 500 nm, comprising: 1) the preparation of a homogeneous water/oil blend (I) characterized by an interface tension lower than 1 mN/m, comprising water in an amount of 30 to 70% by weight, at least two surface-active agents having a different HLB, selected from non-ionic, anionic, polymeric surface-active agents, said surface-active agents being present in such a quantity as to make the blend homogeneous; 2) the dilution of the blend (I) in a dispersing phase consisting of oil or water with the addition of a surface-active agent, selected from non-ionic, anionic, polymeric surface-active agents, the quantity of the dispersing phase and surface-active agent being such as to obtain a nanoemulsion having a HLB different from that of the blend (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignees: ENI S.p.A., Polimeri Europa S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lucilla Del Gaudio, Thomas Paul Lockhart, Alessandra Belloni, Rossella Bortolo, Roberto Tassinari
  • Publication number: 20100210483
    Abstract: Process for the solubilization of polymeric material deposited on a porous medium, which comprises putting said polymeric material in contact with an aqueous composition comprising: (a) a catalyst selected from: (a1) a complex having general formula (I), Fe++(L)n(Y)s, L being a binder selected from those having general formula (II), wherein X?CH, N, (a2) a hydrosoluble cobalt2+ salt, preferably cobalt acetate; (b) an oxidizing agent selected from: (b1) hydrogen peroxide, (b2) MHSO5, wherein M is an alkaline metal, preferably potassium; with the constraint that the catalyst (a1) can only be used in the presence of the oxidizing agent (b1) and the catalyst (a2) can only be used in the presence of the catalyst (b2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicants: ENI S.p.A., POLIMERI EUROPA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Rino D'Aloisio, Daniele Bianchi, Marco Ricci, Rossella Bortolo, Roberto Tassinari, Cristina Tonini, Sandra Cobianco
  • Publication number: 20090179562
    Abstract: A lighting group (10) comprising a multilayer structure (11), provided with at least one conductive layer (12, 12?, 12?), which lies on specific elastic film, interposed between two insulating layers (13, 13?, 13?, 13??) and selectively suppliable with current from a related electric conductor (14, 14?, 14?), and at least one lamp element (15, 15?) that can be selectively coupled in any point to the multilayer structure (11) and provided with an upper portion (16) that is luminescent if crossed by current, that is extended outside the multilayer structure (11), and a lower portion (17) that is extended inside the multilayer structure (11), the lower portion (17) comprising at least one electrically conductive zone (18, 18?, 18?) in contact with the at least one conductive transmission layer (12, 12?, 12?) for the current from the at least one conductive layer (12, 12?, 12?) to the upper portion (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: BESTE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Roberto Tassinari
  • Publication number: 20090118380
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a water-in-oil or oil-in-water nanoemulsion wherein the dispersed phase is distributed in the dispersing phase in the form of droplets having a diameter ranging from 1 to 500 nm, comprising: 1) the preparation of a homogeneous water/oil blend (I) characterized by an interface tension lower than 1 mN/m, comprising water in an amount of 30 to 70% by weight, at least two surface-active agents having a different HLB, selected from non-ionic, anionic, polymeric surface-active agents, said surface-active agents being present in such a quantity as to make the blend homogeneous; 2) the dilution of the blend (I) in a dispersing phase consisting of oil or water with the addition of a surface-active agent, selected from non-ionic, anionic, polymeric surface-active agents, the quantity of the dispersing phase and surface-active agent being such as to obtain a nanoemulsion having a HLB different from that of the blend (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicants: ENI S.P.A., POLIMERI EUROPA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Lucilla Del Gaudio, Thomas Paul Lockhart, Alessandra Belloni, Rossella Bortolo, Roberto Tassinari
  • Patent number: 6156939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the hydroxylation of aromatic hydrocarbons by direct oxidation with hydrogen peroxide. The process is carried out in the presence of a catalyst comprising:iron, administered as inorganic salt;iron ligand, consisting of carboxylic acids of ether-aromatic compounds containing nitrogen, in particular pyrazin-2-carboxylic acid and derivatives;acidifying agent, especially trifluoracetic acid, and a solvent system comprising an organic phase consisting of a substrate and acetonitrile and an aqueous phase containing the catalyst and hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Enichem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Rodolfo Vignola, Ezio Battistel, Daniele Bianchi, Rossella Bortolo, Roberto Tassinari
  • Patent number: 6071848
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the hydroxylation of aromatic hydrocarbons by direct oxidation with hydrogen peroxide. The process is carried out in the presence of a catalyst comprising:iron, administered as an inorganic salt;a carboxylic acid of an aromatic compound containing nitrogen, in particular a pyrazin-2-carboxylic acid or derivative;acidifying agent, especially trifluoracetic acid, and a solvent system comprising an organic phase consisting of a substrate and acetonitrile and an aqueous phase containing the catalyst and hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Enichem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Rodolfo Vignola, Ezio Battistel, Daniele Bianchi, Rossella Bortolo, Roberto Tassinari
  • Patent number: 5302528
    Abstract: A process is described for the separation of the optical isomers of alphayl- or alpha-aryloxy- carboxylic acids by means of the stereoselective hydrolysis of racemic alkyl esters of the above acids in the presence of bacteria or their enzymes, selected from the species Brevibacterium, Bacteridium, Micrococcus, and Bacillus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Ministero Dell `Universita` e Della Ricerca Scientifica e Technologica
    Inventors: Ezio Battistel, Daniele Bianchi, Pietro Cesti, Giuliana Franzosi, Roberto Tassinari, Sandro Spezia