Patents by Inventor Anuszka Laird

Anuszka Laird has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20050257932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to removal of filter cakes in subterranean formations. More particularly, the present invention provides filter cake degradation compositions and methods of degrading filter cakes. The present invention provides methods of degrading a fluid-loss additive component in a portion of a filter cake in a subterranean formation comprising: contacting the fluid-loss additive component with a filter cake degradation composition that comprises a precipitation resistant enzyme, wherein the precipitation resistant enzyme is capable of degrading the fluid-loss additive component; and allowing the filter cake degradation composition to at least partially degrade the fluid-loss additive component in a portion of the filter cake. The present invention also provides filter cake degradation compositions comprising a precipitation resistant enzyme component that will at least partially degrade a portion of a filter cake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Eric Davidson, Anuszka Laird