US Patent Issued to Afton Chemical on July 14 for "Multi-functional fuel additive to provide friction reduction and corrosion protection" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,041, issued on July 14, was assigned to Afton Chemical Corp..

"Multi-functional fuel additive to provide friction reduction and corrosion protection" was invented by Janice Jianzhao Wang (Glen Allen, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides fuel additives including detergent additives, optional alkoxylated alcohol additives, and a multi-functional additive including a saturated or an unsaturated cyclic moiety-containing dicarboxylic acid."

The patent was filed on March 28, 2024, under Application No. 18/619,639.

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