The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Athanasios Karydas, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Thomas W Cooke, Decatur, IL (US);
Robert A Falk, New City, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252-83 ; 252-8551 ; 252-8552 ; 166304 ; 137 13 ;
Abstract
A method of inhibiting the deposition of paraffin wax, asphaltene, or mixtures thereof in a crude oil contaminated with paraffin wax, asphaltene, or mixtures thereof and susceptible to such depositions comprising the step of incorporating into said crude oil an effective deposition inhibiting amount of an oil soluble organic compound having at least one oleophobic and hydrophobic fluoroaliphatic group, and antideposition stabilized crude oil compositions containing said compound, are disclosed.