US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes a GE on July 29 for "Demulsifier or water clarifier activity modifiers" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,623, issued on July 29, was assigned to Baker Hughes a GE company LLC (Houston).

"Demulsifier or water clarifier activity modifiers" was invented by Geoff Bennett (Devon, Canada), Jacqueline Behles (Houston) and Sean Stewart (St. Albert, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adding a cationic starch and/or an anionic starch to a conventional demulsifier or water clarifier reduces activity of the resulting product without losing demulsifier or water clarifier performance."

The patent was filed on Sept. 20, 2021, under Application No. 17/480,005.

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