US Patent Issued to Ecolab USA on March 24 for "Corrosion control compositions and methods of mitigating corrosion" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,227, issued on March 24, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Corrosion control compositions and methods of mitigating corrosion" was invented by Ana Ferrer Carrera (Missouri City, Texas) and Yolanda Maria De-Abreu (Richmond, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Corrosion inhibitor compositions are provided that can include a mixture of one or more alkaline earth metals, one or more organic phosphates, one or more inorganic phosphates, optionally a dispersant, and hydroxyphosphono acetic acid and/or salts thereof and/or derivatives of hydroxyphosphono acetic acid and/or salts thereof. Methods of mitigating or inhibiti...