US Patent Issued to Ecolab USA on May 20 for "Antifoulant compositions for vapor-space applications" (Texas, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,980, issued on May 20, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Antifoulant compositions for vapor-space applications" was invented by Jonathan Masere (Richmond, Texas), Zhenxing Xi (Katy, Texas), David Dixon (Baton Rouge, La.), Gregory Appel Melancon Jr. (Baton Rouge, La.), Ramon Colorado Jr. (Stafford, Texas) and Peter Webber (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymerization inhibitor compositions are provided. The polymerization inhibitor compositions include at least a first inhibitor compound including a hydroxylamine, a second inhibitor including phenylenediamine, and a third inhibitor including a benz...