Patents by Inventor Robert Gibbison

Robert Gibbison 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).

  • Method of using polyvinypolypyrrolidone to remove contaminants from produced water of an oil or gas well
    Patent number: 8414775
    Abstract: A method of removing contaminants from produced water of an oil or gas well comprising the step of contacting the produced water with polyvinylpolypyrrolidone (PVPP) to remove the contaminants from the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: ISP Investments Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Gibbison
  • USE OF PVPP TO REMOVE CONTAMINANTS FROM PRODUCED WATER OF AN OIL OR GAS WELL
    Publication number: 20120211434
    Abstract: A method of removing contaminants from produced water of an oil or gas well comprising the step of contacting the produced water with polyvinylpolypyrrolidone (PVPP) to remove the contaminants from the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventor: Robert Gibbison
  • Use of PVPP to remove contaminants from produced water of an oil or gas well
    Patent number: 8123953
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided a method of removing acidic and/or aromatic contaminants, such as benzene, xylene, toluene, phenols and polyphenols, from produced water of an oil or gas well. The method comprises the step of contacting the produced water with polyvinylpolypyrrolidone (PVPP) to remove the contaminants from said water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: ISP Investments Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Gibbison
  • USE OF PVPP TO REMOVE CONTAMINANTS FROM PRODUCED WATER OF AN OIL OR GAS WELL
    Publication number: 20100237010
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided a method of removing acidic and/or aromatic contaminants, such as benzene, xylene, toluene, phenols and polyphenols, from produced water of an oil or gas well. The method comprises the step of contacting the produced water with polyvinylpolypyrrolidone (PVPP) to remove the contaminants from said water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Gibbison
  • Shale inhibition
    Patent number: 7605112
    Abstract: A method of shale inhibition comprises adding a two-phase polymer system of a water soluble copolymer of vinyl pyrrolidone and dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide and in-situ formed water-insoluble particles of said copolymer, or, alternatively, a water-soluble copolymer of methylvinyl ether and maleic anhydride, into a drilling well fluid under aqueous, high temperature, high salinity conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: ISP Investments Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Orton, Andrew Mint, Robert Gibbison
  • Synergistic coating composition for inkjet printing
    Patent number: 7439295
    Abstract: An inkjet-receptive coating composition for efficacious inkjet printing which is a synergistic composition of swellable, water-insoluble polyvinylpolypyrrolidone particles and (fumed) silica or silica gel particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: ISP Investments Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Gibbison, Andrew Mint, Sarah Orton, Edward Johnson
  • Shale inhibition
    Publication number: 20070105723
    Abstract: A method of shale inhibition comprises adding a two-phase polymer system of a water soluble copolymer of vinyl pyrrolidone and dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide and in-situ formed water-insoluble particles of said copolymer, or, alternatively, a water-soluble copolymer of methylvinyl ether and maleic anhydride, into a drilling well fluid under aqueous, high temperature, high salinity conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Sarah Orton, Andrew Mint, Robert Gibbison
  • Synergistic coating composition for inkjet printing
    Publication number: 20050146589
    Abstract: An inkjet-receptive coating composition for efficacious inkjet printing which is a synergistic composition of swellable, water-insoluble polyvinylpolypyrrolidone particles and (fumed) silica or silica gel particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Gibbison, Andrew Mint, Sarah Orton, Edward Johnson
  • Coating composition for inkjet printing
    Publication number: 20040072926
    Abstract: An inkjet-receptive coating composition for efficacious inkjet printing which is a synergistic composition of swellable, water-insoluble polyvinylpyrrolidone particles and microporous (fumed) silica particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Gibbison, Andrew Mint, Sarah Orton