Patents by Inventor Vincent A. Notaro

Vincent A. Notaro 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).

  • Overbased metal salts useful as additives for fuels and lubricants
    Patent number: 6310011
    Abstract: Lubricants containing metal salts of hydrocarbyl-substituted carboxyalkylene-linked phenols, dihydrocarbyl esters of alkylene dicarboxylic acids, the alkylene group being substituted with a hydroxy group and an additional carboxylic acid group, or alkylene-linked polyaromatic molecules, the aromatic moieties whereof comprise at least one hydrocarbyl-substituted phenol and at least one carboxy phenol, where the hydrocarbyl groups are of sufficient length to provide oil solubility to the salt, exhibit good asphaltene suspension for marine diesel applications. Preferably the salts are overbased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Jack L. Karn, Jody A. Kocsis, Laurence E. King, Paul E. Adams, Vincent A. Notaro