Compounded hydrocarbon fuels

Claim 1

A COMBUSTIBLE HYDROCARBON FUEL COMPOSITION COMPRISING A MAJOR PORTION OF A HYDROCARBON FUEL AND A MINOR PORTION, SUFFICIENT TO REDUCE THE DEPOSIT-FORMING CHARACTERISTICS OF FUEL, OF A RELATIVELY HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT TERISTICS OF SAID FUEL, OF A RELATIVELY HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT COPOLYMER OBTAINED BY THE COPOLYMERIZATION OF (A) MONOMERS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALIPHATIC ESTERS OF MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID CONTAINING 8 TO 30 CARBON ATOMS AND A SINGLE COPOLYMERIZABLE ETHYLENIC LINKAGE, ATOMS AND SINGLE COPOLYMERIZABLE ETHYLENIC LINKAGE, SAID ETHYLENIC LINKAGE BEING ALPHA AND BETA TO THE CARBOXYL GROUP, AND (B) MONOMERS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MALEIC ACID AND MALEIC ANHYDRIDE IN WHICH THE RATIO OF (A) TO (B) IS WITHIN THE RANGE OF 1 TO 15 AND IN WHICH 15 TO 90 PERCENT OF THE AVAILABLE CARBOXYL GROUPS OF (B) ARE PRESENT IN THE FORM OF MONOESTERS OF POLYALKYLENE GLYCOLS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT UP TO ABOUT 800 AND MONOALKYL ETHERS OF SAID POLYETHYLENE GLYSOLS. GLYCOLS.