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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:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Robert Eric Talbot, Cannock, GB;
Christopher Raymond Jones, Cheslyn Hay, GB;
Emma Hills, Leeds, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rhodia U.K. Limited, Hertfordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to use of compositions comprising: (a) a copolymer of an unsaturated phosphonic acid (or salt of such an acid) with an unsaturated sulphonic acid (or salt of such an acid) or an unsaturated carboxylic acid (or salt of such an acid); or (b) a terpolymer of an unsaturated phosphonic acid (or salt of such an acid) with an unsaturated sulphonic acid (or salt of such an acid) and an unsaturated carboxylic acid (or salt of such an acid). These compositions are used to control the formation of scale in water systems.