ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- General Electric, Schenectady, New York, has been assigned a patent (9,732,429) developed by John Link, The Woodlands, Texas, for "alkenyl succinic acids or anhydrides as corrosion inhibitors for metal surfaces."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2012 (14/443,733). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=97,32,429 . . .