US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on July 21 for "Environmentally friendly biocidal quaternized amine compound" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,311, issued on July 21, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Environmentally friendly biocidal quaternized amine compound" was invented by Brett L Geissler (Richmond, Texas) and Carlos M. Menendez (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An environmentally friendly biocide is disclosed for managing microbe levels. The environmentally friendly biocide includes a quaternized amine of the structure: where X is chlorine, R1 is a C16-C18 group, R2 is a C16-C18 group, and n is within the range of 8 to 50. The environmentally friendly biocide optionally includes a solvent component. In one aspect, a method is disc...