Patents by Inventor Kishore Mohanty

Kishore Mohanty 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).

  • Novel large hydrophobe quaternary ammonium surfactants
    Publication number: 20160069168
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are novel compositions and methods having application in the field of enhanced oil recovery. In particular, the quaternary ammonium compounds and mixtures thereof presented herein can be used, inter alia, for the recovery of a large range of crude oil compositions from challenging reservoirs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Upali P. Weerasooriya, Gary A. Pope, Kishore Mohanty
  • Quaternary ammonium surfactants
    Patent number: 9206347
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are novel compositions and methods having application in the field of enhanced oil recovery. In particular, the quaternary ammonium compounds and mixtures thereof presented herein can be used, inter alia, for the recovery of a large range of crude oil compositions from challenging reservoirs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Upali P. Weerasooriya, Gary A. Pope, Kishore Mohanty
  • MULTIVALENT MINERAL CATION TOLERANT ALKALI SYSTEM FOR CHEMICAL EOR
    Publication number: 20150048007
    Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, compositions and methods for enhanced oil recovery in the presence of multivalent mineral cations. The aqueous and emulsion compositions provided herein include a boron oxygenate and may be useful for the recovery of unrefined petroleum materials from mineral-bearing reservoirs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Upali P. Weerasooriya, Gary A. Pope, Kishore Mohanty, Himanshu Sharma
  • QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SURFACTANTS
    Publication number: 20130277276
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are novel compositions and methods having application in the field of enhanced oil recovery. In particular, the quaternary ammonium compounds and mixtures thereof presented herein can be used, inter alia, for the recovery of a large range of crude oil compositions from challenging reservoirs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Upali P. Weerasooriya, Gary A. Pope, Kishore Mohanty