Patents by Inventor H. Donald Outmans

H. Donald Outmans 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).

  • Determining the effect of fluid flow through permeable media
    Patent number: 4586376
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the effect of the flow of a fluid through a permeable particulate medium wherein a sample of the fluid is maintained as nearly as possible in the same physical and chemical condition as when it is sampled and is uniformly aged before being passed through a permeable particulate test medium. Some property of the sample, or of the permeable particulate test medium, such as a flow characteristic, is measured to determine the effect of passing the fluid through the permeable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1986
    Assignee: Union Oil Company of California
    Inventor: H. Donald Outmans