ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,294, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).
"Lubricant composition" was invented by Michael D. Hoey (Maplewood, N.J.), David Chasan (Teaneck, N.J.), Jeffrey Schoonmaker (Wallkill, N.Y.) and Ryan Fenton (Norwalk, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lubricant compositions comprising a base oil, one or more antioxidants selected from a group consisting of N-Alpha-naphthyl-N-phenylamine antioxidants and diphenylamine antioxidants; and one or more sulfur-containing additives exhibit outstanding oxidative stability and non-corrosion properties. The N-Alpha-naphthyl-N-phenylamine antioxidants plus diphen...