ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,028, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Succinic anhydride-derived polyesters as corrosion inhibitors" was invented by Ashish Dhawan (Aurora, Ill.), Jeremy Moloney (Katy, Texas) and Carter M. Silvernail (Lakeville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are succinic anhydride-derived polyester compounds used in compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion."

The patent was filed on Aug. 23, 2022, under Application No. 17/893,974.

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