Patents by Inventor Lynn Michelle Foster

Lynn Michelle Foster 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).

  • Direct Emulsion Drilling Fluid
    Publication number: 20230011243
    Abstract: Drilling fluid mixtures are described herein that are stable oil-in-water emulsions. Also described herein are surfactant packages for stabilizing such emulsions. The surfactant packages use an alkyl ether anion comprising an alkyl portion, an anionic head group, and an ether portion between the alkyl portion and the anionic head group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Lynn Michelle Foster, Jeremy Smith, Dimitri M. Khramov
  • Polymer coated nanoparticles
    Patent number: 9983327
    Abstract: A magnetic nanoparticle suitable for imaging a geological structure having one or more magnetic metal or metal oxide nanoparticles with a polymer grafted to the surface to form a magnetic nanoparticle, wherein the magnetic nanoparticle displays a colloidal stability under harsh salinity conditions or in a standard API brine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Keith P. Johnston, Christopher W. Bielawski, Hitesh G. Bagaria, Ki Youl Yoon, Bethany M. Neilson, Chun Huh, Steven L. Bryant, Edward Lee Foster, Zheng Xue, Lynn Michelle Foster
  • POLYMER COATED NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20150268370
    Abstract: A magnetic nanoparticle suitable for imaging a geological structure having one or more magnetic metal or metal oxide nanoparticles with a polymer grafted to the surface to form a magnetic nanoparticle, wherein the magnetic nanoparticle displays a colloidal stability under harsh salinity conditions or in a standard API brine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Keith P. Johnston, Christopher W. Bielawski, Hitesh G. Bagaria, Ki Youl Yoon, Bethany M. Neilson, Chun Huh, Steven L. Bryant, Edward Lee Foster, Zheng Xue, Lynn Michelle Foster