ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,980, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Oil soluble molybdenum complexes as high temperature fouling inhibitors" was invented by Omer Gul (Rosenberg, Texas), Oussama Zenasni (Houston) and Janelle Pennington (Missouri City, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are molybdenum-containing complexes used in compositions and methods for inhibiting or reducing the deposition of foulant on equipment."
The patent was filed on May 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/200,414.
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