US Patent Issued to ENI on July 8 for "Friction reducing additives and process for preparing the same" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,774, issued on July 8, was assigned to ENI S.P.A. (Rome).

"Friction reducing additives and process for preparing the same" was invented by Giulio Assanelli (San Donato Milanese, Italy), Marcello Notari (San Donato Milanese, Italy), Paolo Cambise (San Donato Milanese, Italy), Andrea Pucci (Pisa, Italy) and Giuseppe Iasilli (Ghezzano- San Giuliano Terme, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A friction reducing additive is described formed by a mixture that is obtainable by autocatalytic condensation reaction of fatty acids with alkanolamines. The mixture includes an amide, one or more esters of carboxylic acids, and an oxazoline in an a...