US Patent Issued to KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES on April 21 for "Method for reducing or preventing corrosion or fouling caused by acidic compounds" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,916, issued on April 21, was assigned to KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Method for reducing or preventing corrosion or fouling caused by acidic compounds" was invented by Michael Urschey (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Ingo Schmalohr (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Philipp Schmidt (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for reducing or preventing corrosion or fouling in an apparatus for carrying out a chemical process, where corrosion or fouling is caused by acidic compounds present in the chemical process, which comprises the addition of at least one quaternary ammonium hydroxide of the formula (I) to the appara...