| ELEMENTIS SPECIALTIES, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20120129735 | NON-AQUEOUS DRILLING ADDITIVE USEFUL TO PRODUCE A FLAT TEMPERATURE-RHEOLOGY PROFILE - A method of providing a substantially constant equivalent circulating density of a drilling fluid over a temperature range of about 120° F. to about 40° F. includes adding a drilling fluid additive to the drilling fluid, wherein the drilling fluid additive includes the reaction product of a carboxylic acid with a single carboxylic moiety; and a polyamine having at least two primary amino functionalities and optionally at least one secondary amino functionality. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120107259 | METHOD TO IMPROVE SKIN AND HAIR FRAGRANCE RETENTION FROM PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS - A personal care composition and a method of using personal care compositions which results in increased fragrance retention when such compositions are applied to a keratin surface including hair and skin. The personal care compositions contain a quaternary ammonium compound, one or more fragrances, and a personal care acceptable carrier. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120101199 | VISCOSITY REGULATING COMPOSITION - A viscosity regulating composition having a polymeric structure with an internal hydrophobic unit located within the polymer's backbone, multiple hydrophilic units, and terminal hydrophobic units. In one embodiment, the internal hydrophobic unit may have at least three linked hydrophobic segments, of the same or different hydrophobic segments, with the proviso that the multiple hydrophobic segments are not linked to each other by one or more hydrophilic linking segments, for example water-soluble, polymeric groups. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20110237466 | EQUIVALENT CIRCULATING DENSITY CONTROL IN DEEP WATER DRILLING - A method of providing a substantially constant rheological profile of a drilling fluid over a temperature range of about 120° F. to about 40° F. includes adding a drilling fluid additive to the drilling fluid, wherein the drilling fluid additive includes the reaction product of a carboxylic acid with at least two carboxylic moieties; and a polyamine having an amine functionality of two or more. A composition, such as an oil based drilling fluid, includes the reaction product of a carboxylic acid with at least two carboxylic moieties and a polyamine having an amine functionality of two or more. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110136705 | PHOSPHATE ESTER OIL GELLANT - A composition and method of fracturing a subterranean formation. The composition includes: about 0.25 wt. % to about 3.0 wt. %, based on a weight of the hydrocarbon liquid, of a mixture of phosphate esters, said esters selected from the group consisting of: monoester PO(OR | 06-09-2011 |
| 20100305008 | Organophilic Clay Additives And Oil Well Drilling Fluids With Less Temperature Dependent Rheological Properties - An additive composition including a synergistic combination of a hectorite organoclay composition and an attapulgite organoclay composition. The hectorite organoclay composition includes (i) a first organic cation provided by an alkoxylated quaternary ammonium salt; and ii) a second organic cation wherein such second organic cation is not provided by an alkoxylated quaternary ammonium salt. The attapulgite organoclay composition includes (iii) a third organic cation provided by an alkoxylated quaternary ammonium salt; and (iv) a fourth organic cation wherein such third organic cation is not provided by an alkoxylated quaternary ammonium salt. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100286419 | RHEOLOGICAL ADDITIVES AND PAINT AND COATING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SUCH ADDITIVES EXHIBITING IMPROVED INTERCOAT ADHESION - An improved thickening composition for organic systems, including paints and coatings, is described. The additive provides paints and coatings more than adequate viscosity improvement without affecting intercoat adhesion characteristics. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100280157 | LIQUID RHEOLOGICAL ADDITIVE SUITABLE FOR THICKENING SOLVENT BORNE, PIGMENT CONTAINING SYSTEM - A thixotropy imparting composition. The composition comprises the reaction products of: one or more polyesters from one or more polyols having at least two hydroxyl moieties; and one or more polycarboxylic acids having at least two carboxylic acid moieties; and one or more basic compounds, wherein said polyesters have at least two active carboxylic acid moieties as end groups and at least a portion of said carboxylic acid moieties are in the carboxylate anion form. This composition may further comprise one or more diluents. The composition exists as a liquid. The composition may be used in a non-aqueous fluid system as a rheological additive in combination with one or more particulate materials, wherein said rheological additive imparts thixotropy to said system. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100130645 | VOC-FREE COALESCING AGENT - A film-forming composition including a coalescent aid comprising fatty acid esters of ethylene glycol and/or propylene glycol having the formula R | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100009873 | Thermally Stable Compositions and Use Thereof in Drilling Fluids - A composition is comprised of a mixture of the reaction product of an amine and a poly-functional isocyanate, and the reaction product of (i) a carboxylic acid with at least two carboxylic moieties; (ii) a polyamine having an amine functionality of two or more; and a chemical selected from the group consisting of (i) alkoxylated alkyl amines, (ii) fatty acid amides and (iii) mixtures thereof, and it is used as a drilling fluid additive. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090183649 | Compositions Useful to Provide Improved Rheology and Mist Control to Ink Formulations and Ink Formulations Containing Such Compositions - The invention is ink formulations that show improved rheological and antimisting properties. The invention is particularly useful in lithographic inks including heatset, sheetfed and UV curable lithographic inks. The invention also includes novel additive that enable the preparation of inks with required viscosities that are needed to perform on high-speed printing presses with improved performance. The additive is based on reaction products of polyamines and carboxylic acids with two or more carboxylic moieties mixed or combined with tridecyl alcohol. In addition, the inventive additive is in the form of liquid and it is pourable and pumpable for ink manufacturing processes. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090163386 | COMPOSITIONS FOR DRILLING FLUIDS USEFUL TO PRODUCE FLAT TEMPERATURE RHEOLOGY TO SUCH FLUIDS OVER A WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE AND DRILLING FLUIDS CONTAINING SUCH COMPOSITIONS - A drilling fluid additive characterized by a drilling fluid viscosity regulating property which imparts a stable rheological profile to an oil based drilling fluid characterized by a substantially constant equivalent circulating density over a temperature range of about 120° F. to about 40° F. or a substantially constant high shear rate viscosity reading measured at 600 rpm. The present invention further provides an oil based drilling fluid including a continuous base oil phase; a weighting agent; a filtrate reducer; an emulsifier; and an effective amount of a rheological additive. The oil based drilling fluid exhibits a substantially constant equivalent circulating density and a substantially constant high shear rate viscosity reading over a temperature range of about 120° F. to about 40° F. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090151601 | LOW VOC WATERBASED COATINGS WITH EFFLORESCENCE RESISTANCE - A method to improve an efflorescence resistance of film forming compositions. The method comprises the step of adding a coalescent aid comprising a fatty acid ester to the film forming composition, the fatty acid ester has a formula of RCOOX wherein R is a hydrocarbyl having one or more aliphatic carbon-carbon double bonds, and X is selected from a group consisting of: a saturated hydrocarbyl, a hydrocarbyl having one or more aliphatic carbon-carbon double bonds and a substituted hydrocarbyl. These non volatile organic fatty acid ester based coalescents impart superior efflorescence resistance and resistance to color change to film forming compositions, including latex paints, versus conventional, VOC coalescent solvent. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20080227679 | Biodegradable Cleaning Compositions - The present invention is related to readily biodegradable cleaning compositions, methods of use, and manufacture thereof. The cleaning composition comprises a non-ionic surfactant and an amidoalkyl quaternary salt. | 09-18-2008 |
