US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on Jan. 20 for "Compositions and methods for breaking foams and emulsions" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,982, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Compositions and methods for breaking foams and emulsions" was invented by Gayani W. Pinnawala (Houston), Sujeewa S. Palayangoda (Houston), Varadarajan Dwarakanath (Houston), Mohamad Salman (Houston) and Mohsen S. Tagavifar (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods and composition for breaking foam, emulsions, or any combination thereof."

The patent was filed on Feb. 12, 2024, under Application No. 18/439,282.

*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Pars...