US Patent Issued to NCH on June 17 for "Composition and method of manufacturing sulfonate-based greases using a glycerol derivative" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,261, issued on June 17, was assigned to NCH Corp. (Irving, Texas).

"Composition and method of manufacturing sulfonate-based greases using a glycerol derivative" was invented by J. Andrew Waynick (Lantana, Texas) and Gaston Aguilar (Farmers Branch, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sulfonate-based grease composition and method of manufacture comprising the addition of one or more glycerol derivatives. The glycerol derivative acts to optimally disperse the thickener in the grease such that the conventional step of milling the grease may not be needed. The glycerol derivative reacts with water to form in-situ complexing acids, whic...