US Patent Issued to Ecolab USA on Aug. 12 for "Corrosion inhibitor for mitigating alkaline carbonate stress corrosion cracking" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,143, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Corrosion inhibitor for mitigating alkaline carbonate stress corrosion cracking" was invented by John Nathan Scholz (Sugar Land, Texas), Philip Andrew Thornthwaite (Wigan, Great Britain), Janelle Leigh Pennington (Missouri City, Texas), Maria DeJesus Marquez (Houston) and Oussama Zenasni (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for reducing, inhibiting, or preventing corrosion of a surface, using a corrosion-inhibiting composition comprising a dispersant having the structure of Formula 1 and a corrosion inhibito...