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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:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J Smith, Newtown, PA (US);
Bharat Desai, Ringwood, NJ (US);
Assignee:
United Color Manufacturing, Inc., Newtown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L / ; C10L / ; C10M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585-3 ; 208 12 ; 208 15 ; 208 16 ; 208 17 ; 208 18 ; 208 19 ; 44350 ; 44351 ; 44352 ;
Abstract
Petroleum products are marked with a marker such as thymolphthalein or cresolphthalein. When the marked petroleum products are contacted with a developing reagent, a color develops.