ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,363, issued on June 16, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Aqueous dispersions of paraffin inhibitors" was invented by Frank Pirrung (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Rainer Packe-Wirth (Trostberg, Germany), Oscar Lafuente Cerda (Trostberg, Germany), Serge Ikink (Arnhem, Netherlands) and Jan Donath (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aqueous dispersion of paraffine inhibitors, comprising a continuous aqueous phase comprising water and a water-miscible organic solvent, a dispersed phase comprising at least one paraffin inhibitor component, and at least one anionic surfactant, methods ...