US Patent Issued to AMS Trace Metals on Nov. 18 for "Techniques for forecasting and/or preventing degradation and corrosion" (New Jersey, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,252, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AMS Trace Metals Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Techniques for forecasting and/or preventing degradation and corrosion" was invented by Vladimir Dozortsev (Ridgewood, N.J.) and Richard Bacon (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides techniques for detecting/inhibiting corrosion of in distribution/recirculation service lines and for using tin dioxide as a surfactant to coat at-risk piping surfaces. For example, disclosed techniques can be used to correlate corrosive conditions with fluid type, source and other environmental parameters, and to treat piping so as to insul...