Patents Examined by John J. Figueroa
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Patent number: 10961402Abstract: A photochromic mixture including a photochromic material and a thermosetting transparent polymer material, which are uniformly mixed and dissolved in a solvent, is provided. A formation method of a photochromic device based on the photochromic mixture and a light-transmissive head-mounted display device with the photochromic device are further provided. In the photochromic mixture, the change in the structure of the photochromic material under UV light and room light causes a significant change in its absorption spectrum so the color changes. This property is utilized for the benefits: First, the contrast of the head-mounted display device under strong light irradiation is improved. The display effect is enhanced. Second, the damage to human eye by UV light at the natural environment is reduced. Third, under the same optical requirement, the required energy consumption of self-light-emitting elements in the light-transmissive head-mounted display device is correspondingly reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Huafei Xie
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Patent number: 10954425Abstract: Oil-based drilling fluid compositions comprising an oil phase comprising a base oil, an aqueous phase comprising water, at least one emulsifier, and one or more additives. The at least one emulsifier comprises an amino amide comprising the formula R—CO—NH—R?—NH2, where R is a fatty acid alkyl and R? is an alkyl group. The one or more additives are chosen from a wetting agent, a rheology modifier, a fluid-loss control additive, and a weighting additive. Methods of making the oil-based drilling fluid compositions and methods of drilling a subterranean well utilizing the oil-based drilling fluid compositions are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Durham University, M-I Drilling Fluids UK LtdInventors: Musarrat Halima Mohammed, Andrew Whiting, Hugh Christopher Greenwell, Mona Al Batal, John Adrian Hall, Gasan Selman Alabedi, Michael Hayward Hodder
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Patent number: 10947123Abstract: An aqueous caustic composition comprising: a caustic component; an additive adapted to provide an extended buffering effect to the caustic composition when such is exposed to an acid; and water. Methods of using such compositions are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: FLUID ENERGY GROUP LTD.Inventors: Clay Purdy, Markus Weissenberger
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Patent number: 10947434Abstract: A method including providing a drilling fluid that comprises a base fluid, a weighting agent, and a sag stability enhancer, wherein the sag stability enhancer comprises polyethylene glycol (PEG) having a molecular weight of greater than or equal to about 200 g/mol; and placing the drilling fluid in a subterranean formation via a wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation. A method including forming a fluid comprising a base fluid, a weighting agent, and from about 0.5 ppb (1.4 kg/m3) to about 30 ppb (85.5 kg/m3) of a sag stability enhancer, wherein the sag stability enhancer comprises a glycol; and introducing the fluid into at least a portion of a well. A drilling fluid containing a base fluid, a weighting agent, and a sag stability enhancer comprising polyethylene glycol (PEG) having a molecular weight of greater than or equal to about 200 g/mol.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Chesnee Lae Davis, Philip Wayne Livanec, William Walter Shumway
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Patent number: 10946112Abstract: Methods include producing a gelled sanitizer composition, including preparing a hydrating fluid composition including water and one or more of alcohol and peroxide; preparing a hydratable additive; and combining the hydrating fluid composition and the hydratable additive to produce a gelled composition. Methods also include flowing a hydrating liquid composition in an extensional flow regime through an elongated passageway of an extender, wherein the hydrating liquid composition includes water and a C2-C10 solvent, and a flow rate of the hydrating liquid composition and a diameter of the elongated passageway are sufficient to achieve a Reynolds number of 20,000 or greater; and adding a hydratable additive to the hydrating liquid composition in the elongated passageway to produce a mixture comprising the hydratable additive that is at least partially hydrated.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: PfP Industries, LLCInventors: Asoke Kumar Deysarkar, Michael Joseph Callanan, IV, Robert Ray McDaniel, Brian James Keola DeCaires
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Patent number: 10941486Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for coating a composite structure, comprising applying a first slurry on a surface of the composite structure, heating the composite structure to a temperature sufficient to form a base layer on the composite structure, forming a sealing slurry comprising at least one of acid aluminum phosphate or orthophosphoric acid, applying the sealing slurry to the base layer, and heating the composite structure to a second temperature sufficient to form a sealing layer on the base layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Goodrich CorporationInventor: Anthony M. Mazany
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Patent number: 10941347Abstract: The present invention relates to a bitumen recovery process from oil sands. The oil sands may be surface mined and transported to a treatment area or may be treated directly by means of an in situ process of oil sand deposits that are located too deep for strip mining. Specifically, the present invention involves the step of treating oil sands with a composition comprising an alkanolamine and an ethylene oxide capped glycol ether and/or propylene oxide capped glycol ether.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Cole A. Witham, Yuko Kida, Biplab Mukherjee, Timothy J. Young, Christopher W. Nelson
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Patent number: 10935696Abstract: This invention includes a wettable biomedical device containing a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer and a hydroxyl-functionalized silicone-containing monomer.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Kevin P. McCabe, Frank F. Molock, Jr., Gregory A. Hill, Azaam Alli, Robert B. Steffen, Douglas G. Vanderlaan, James D. Ford
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Patent number: 10934470Abstract: Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing a low-dosage hydrate inhibitor additive into a fluid, wherein the low-dosage hydrate inhibitor additive comprises a quaternary or tertiary ammonium cation moiety, a lipophilic tail, and a sulfonate anion moiety; and exposing the low-dosage hydrate inhibitor additive to a temperature above about 200° F.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Multi-Chem Group, LLCInventors: Qiang Lan, Deepak Monteiro, Mark Paul Ceglio, II, Erick J. Acosta, Pushkala Krishnamurthy
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Patent number: 10934476Abstract: A waste material improvement and reuse method involves identifying an available material having a crush resistance that does not meet a requirement for use as proppant, but which can be improved to meet the requirement, and modifying a surface of the available material to improve the crush resistance to meet the requirement by applying a binding agent and/or an encapsulating agent to the available material, forming clumps of particles of the available material and increasing crush resistance.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Inventors: Venkat Kamavaram, Raphael Rodriguez, Ganesh Kumar Arumugam, Glen Nakafuji, Vinod Veedu
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Patent number: 10920126Abstract: A degradable object including a shell comprising a degradable material, a substance disposed at least partially within the shell, the substance having a coefficient of thermal expansion greater than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the shell.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Matthew Stone, Colin Andrew, John Wakefield, Jeffery Alldaffer
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Patent number: 10920124Abstract: Compositions herein may include an oleaginous continuous phase, an aqueous discontinuous phase, a first clay comprising an organophilic smectite clay, and a second clay comprising a magnesium silicate clay. Methods herein may include circulating such fluids downhole as well as admixing a magnesium silicate dispersed clay and an organophilic smectite clay in an oleaginous base fluid.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Balakrishnan Panamarathupalayam, Paulo Pauferro, Jr.
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Patent number: 10913890Abstract: An aqueous caustic composition comprising: a caustic component; an additive adapted to provide an extended buffering effect to the caustic composition when such is exposed to acid; and water. Methods of using such compositions are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Fluid Energy Group Ltd.Inventors: Clay Purdy, Markus Weissenberger
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Patent number: 10913889Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method of producing a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fluid, the VES fluid comprising desulfated seawater. The method of producing the VES fluid comprises adding an alkaline earth metal halide to seawater to produce a sulfate precipitate. The method further comprises removing the sulfate precipitate to produce the desulfated water. The method further comprises adding a VES and one or more of a nanoparticle viscosity modifier or a polymeric modifier to the desulfated seawater. Other embodiments are directed to VES fluids that maintain a viscosity greater than 10 cP at temperatures above 250° F.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Leiming Li, Feng Liang, Tao Chen
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Patent number: 10906028Abstract: A method for preparing a transition-metal adamantane carboxylate salt is presented. The method includes mixing a transition-metal hydroxide and a diamondoid compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety to form a reactant mixture, where M is a transition metal. Further, the method includes hydrothermally treating the reactant mixture at a reaction temperature for a reaction time to form the transition-metal adamantane carboxylate salt.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Durham UniversityInventors: Manohara Gudiyor Veerabhadrappa, Hugh Christopher Greenwell, Andrew Whiting, John Adrian Hall, Gasan Alabedi
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Patent number: 10907083Abstract: A combination of three polymers including a crosslinked acrylamide-TBAS copolymers in inverse emulsion form, N-vinyl pyrrolidone-acrylamide-TBAS terpolymer, and crosslinked N-vinyl pyrrolidone-acrylamide-TBAS acts as high temperature, high pressure fluid loss control additives for water-based drilling fluids systems. The combination is particularly useful for high salt, high density drilling fluids, and high temperature applications.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: CNPC USA CorporationInventors: Meng Lu, Ping Huang, Wei Wan
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Patent number: 10907082Abstract: A two-component lost circulation material (LCM) is provided having a polymer component and a sodium hydroxide component. The polymer component may include a carrier fluid such as water, a particulate material such as fly ash, a fibrous material such as polypropylene fibers, and an acrylic polymer. The sodium hydroxide component may include water and sodium hydroxide. The sodium hydroxide component is introduced to contact the polymer component to form the two-component LCM. Methods of lost circulation control and manufacture of a two-component LCM are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Jothibasu Ramasamy, Md Amanullah
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Patent number: 10899954Abstract: A drilling fluid composition including a viscosifier, treated date pit particles which are i) de-oiled and ii) treated with a base or both a base and an acid, and an aqueous base fluid, wherein the treated date pit particles are present in an amount of 0.01-5 wt %, relative to a total weight of the drilling fluid composition. A method of making the drilling fluid composition by de-oiling date pit particles, treating with a base or a base and an acid in a freeze/thaw process, and adding the freeze/thaw mixture to the viscosifier and the aqueous base fluid. A process for drilling a subterranean geological formation with the drilling fluid composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Jimoh K. Adewole, Musa O. Najimu
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Patent number: 10899957Abstract: A composition for use as a pressure-tolerant dual-crosslinker gel in a fracturing fluid that comprises polymer, the polymer operable to increase the viscosity of a fluid; boron-containing crosslinker, the boron-containing crosslinker operable to crosslink the polymer; and a transition metal oxide additive, the transition metal oxide additive operable to crosslink the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Inventors: Feng Liang, Ghaithan Al-Muntasheri, Abdulrahman F. Alharbi
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Patent number: 10895119Abstract: A trimodal hybrid particle mix loss prevention material (LPM) is provided. The trimodal hybrid particle mix LPM includes date palm seed particles produced from date palm seeds, scrap tire particles produced from scrap tires, and date tree pruning waste particles produced from date tree pruning waste. The LCM may include date palm seed particles in the range of about 40 wt % to about 50%, scrap tire particles in the range of about 30 wt % to about 40 wt %, and date tree pruning waste particles in the range of about 15 wt % to about 25 wt %. Methods of loss prevention and manufacture of a trimodal hybrid particle mix LPM are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventor: Md Amanullah