Patents by Inventor Marie Kyoko Herring

Marie Kyoko Herring 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).

  • RAPIDLY INVERTING WATER-IN-OIL POLYMER EMULSIONS
    Publication number: 20170362528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations comprising an inversion facilitator additive and an active emulsion polymer, and methods for their use. The formulation can comprise a water-in-oil emulsion having the active emulsion polymer in an aqueous phase of the water-in-oil emulsion. The active emulsion polymer can be a friction-reducing polymer, a flocculant polymer, or any other polymer suitable for delivery within the aqueous phase of the water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: David S. Soane, Rosa Casado Portilla, Robert P. Mahoney, Marie Kyoko Herring
  • Rapidly inverting water-in-oil polymer emulsions
    Patent number: 9708562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations comprising an inversion facilitator additive and an active emulsion polymer, and methods for their use. The formulation can comprise a water-in-oil emulsion having the active emulsion polymer in an aqueous phase of the water-in-oil emulsion. The active emulsion polymer can be a friction-reducing polymer, a flocculant polymer, or any other polymer suitable for delivery within the aqueous phase of the water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Soane Energy, LLC
    Inventors: David S. Soane, Rosa Casado Portilla, Robert P. Mahoney, Marie Kyoko Herring
  • RAPIDLY INVERTING WATER-IN-OIL POLYMER EMULSIONS
    Publication number: 20140051620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations comprising an inversion facilitator additive and an active emulsion polymer, and methods for their use. The formulation can comprise a water-in-oil emulsion having the active emulsion polymer in an aqueous phase of the water-in-oil emulsion. The active emulsion polymer can be a friction-reducing polymer, a flocculant polymer, or any other polymer suitable for delivery within the aqueous phase of the water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Soane Energy, LLC
    Inventors: David S. Soane, Rosa Casado Portilla, Robert P. Mahoney, Marie Kyoko Herring