US Patent Issued to CHEMTREAT on Nov. 25 for "Dual mode corrosion inhibitor for hydrocarbon processes" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,216, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CHEMTREAT INC. (Glen Allen, Va.).

"Dual mode corrosion inhibitor for hydrocarbon processes" was invented by William Henderson (Richmond, Va.) and Patrick Wood (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of suppressing corrosion of a corrodible metal surface that contacts a fluid stream in a hydrocarbon system. The method includes introducing into the fluid stream a treatment chemistry including an organometallic corrosion inhibitor having a metal and an organic carboxylic acid. The organometallic corrosion inhibitor is hydrocarbon soluble and the metal is released from the organometa...