Patents by Inventor ADAM COFFIN

ADAM COFFIN 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).

  • Methods for processing oil sands containing swelling clays
    Patent number: 11186780
    Abstract: A method for extracting bitumen from an oil sands ore comprising swelling clays such as smectite is provided comprising blending said ore sands ore comprising swelling clays with a substantially swelling clays-free oil sands ore to give a blended oil sands ore having less than 1% swelling clays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD. IN TRUST FOR THE OWNERS OF THE SYNERUDE PROJECT AS SUCH OWNERS EXIST NOW AND IN
    Inventors: Jun Long, Dana Doyle, Adam Coffin
  • METHODS FOR PROCESSING OIL SANDS CONTAINING SWELLING CLAYS
    Publication number: 20210348060
    Abstract: A method for extracting bitumen from an oil sands ore comprising swelling clays such as smectite is provided comprising blending said ore sands ore comprising swelling clays with a substantially swelling clays-free oil sands ore to give a blended oil sands ore having less than 1% swelling clays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: JUN LONG, DANA DOYLE, ADAM COFFIN