US Patent Issued to Ecolab USA on Sept. 23 for "Method of measuring benzimidazole-based compounds in water" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,423, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Method of measuring benzimidazole-based compounds in water" was invented by Kishor Padmakar Dhake (Nashik, India), Anup Pandurang Thakur (Jalgaon, India) and James Joseph Michels (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to methods of measuring benzimidazole-based corrosion inhibitors in cooling water. Methods may include withdrawing a sample of water containing a benzimidazole-based compound from an aqueous system and adding an acid to the sample of water and/or diluting with water. Methods may also include e...