Patents by Inventor Anna-Corina Schmidt

Anna-Corina Schmidt 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).

  • Patent number: 11725102
    Abstract: Process of providing polyacrylamides to a site-of-use comprising at least the steps of mixing a polyacrylamide powder at a manufacturing site with an aqueous liquid, thereby obtaining a homogeneous aqueous polyacrylamide concentrate, transporting said concentrate in a transport unit from the manufacturing site to the site-of-use, and removing the homogeneous aqueous concentrate from the transport unit at the site-of-use. Process of treating subterranean, oil and/or gas bearing formations by injecting an aqueous treatment fluid into at least one wellbore, wherein the aqueous treatment fluid is manufactured by mixing at least an aqueous base fluid with said homogeneous aqueous polyacrylamide concentrate at the site-of-use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Faissal-Ali El-Toufaili, Dennis Loesch, Anna-Corina Schmidt, Tobias Joachim Zimmermann, Markus Ostermayr, Jack F. Tinsley, Brent Busby, Daniel Barrera-Medrano
  • Publication number: 20230174685
    Abstract: Process for producing aqueous compositions of water-soluble polymers from aqueous polymer gels by comminuting and mixing the aqueous polymer gel with an aqueous liquid by means of a comminution unit comprising a flow-chamber, a sheet-like molding tool and rotating cutting means, wherein a stream of an aqueous liquid flows through the flow chamber, aqueous polymer gel is pressed through the sheet-like molding tool, cutting the thus formed gel strands into slices, dispersing them in the aqueous liquid and homogenizing the thus obtained mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Dennis LOESCH, Esther Matyka LARYEA, Anna-Corina SCHMIDT, Faissal-Ali EL-TOUFAILI, Daniel BARRERA-MEDRANO, Markus OSTERMAYR
  • Patent number: 11643491
    Abstract: Process for producing aqueous polyacrylamide concentrates by polymerizing an aqueous solution comprising at least acrylamide thereby obtaining an aqueous polyacrylamide gel, comminuting said aqueous polyacrylamide gel and mixing it with an aqueous liquid, wherein the manufacturing steps are allocated to two different locations A and B and the process comprises the step of transporting an aqueous polyacrylamide concentrate hold in a suitable transport unit from a location A to a location B. Modular, relocatable plant for manufacturing aqueous polyacrylamide, wherein the units of the plant are located at two different locations A and B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Faissal-Ali El-Toufaili, Dennis Loesch, Anna-Corina Schmidt, Tobias Joachim Zimmermann, Markus Ostermayr, Jack F. Tinsley, Brent Busby
  • Publication number: 20230128528
    Abstract: Process and a plant for making polyacrylamides by polymerizing an aqueous solution comprising at least acrylamide and acrylic acid or salts thereof in the presence of initiators for radical polymerization under adiabatic conditions, wherein acrylamide and acrylic acid are stored at the site of the plant as dilute aqueous solutions in pressure-resistant tanks and also the monomer mixing vessel and the polymerization vessel are pressure-resistant. The combination of using diluted monomer solutions and pressure-resistant tanks ensures that even in case of an unintended and uncontrolled polymerization, said vessels don't burst and there is no spill out of the plant to the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Faissal-Ali EL-TOUFAILI, Daniel BARRERA-MEDRANO, Dennis LOESCH, Anna-Corina SCHMIDT, Kristian Alexander GILL, Tobias Joachim ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 11608468
    Abstract: Process of fracturing subterranean, oil-and/or gas-bearing formations by injecting an aqueous fracturing fluid into a wellbore at a rate and pressure sufficient to penetrate into the formation, and to initiate or extend fractures in the formation, wherein the aqueous fracturing fluid is obtained by mixing at least an aqueous base fluid and an aqueous polyacrylamide concentrate having a concentration of 3.1 to 14.9% by weight of polyacrylamides, relating to the total of all components of the aqueous polyacrylamide concentrate, and wherein at least a part of the aqueous fracturing fluid injected additionally comprises a proppant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Faissal-Ali El-Toufaili, Dennis Loesch, Anna-Corina Schmidt, Tobias Joachim Zimmermann, Markus Ostermayr, Jack F. Tinsley, Brent Busby
  • Publication number: 20210388256
    Abstract: Process of fracturing subterranean, oil- and/or gas-bearing formations by injecting an aqueous fracturing fluid into a wellbore at a rate and pressure sufficient to penetrate into the formation, and to initiate or extend fractures in the formation, wherein the aqueous fracturing fluid is obtained by mixing at least an aqueous base fluid and an aqueous polyacrylamide concentrate having a concentration of 3.1 to 14.9% by weight of polyacrylamides, relating to the total of all components of the aqueous polyacrylamide concentrate, and wherein at least a part of the aqueous fracturing fluid injected additionally comprises a proppant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Faissal-Ali EL-Toufailli, Dennis Loesch, Anna-Corina Schmidt, Tobias Joachim Zimmermann, Markus Ostermayr, Jack F. Tinsley, Brent Busby
  • Publication number: 20210348200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ammonium (meth-) acrylate, aqueous ammonium (meth-) acrylate solutions obtainable by such process, and (meth-) acrylic acid homopolymers or copolymers obtainable by polymerizing such ammonium (meth-) acrylate. The invention furthermore relates to a modular, relocatable bioconversion unit for manufacturing aqueous ammonium (meth-) acrylate solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Diego Ghislieri, Peter Oedman, Tobias Joachim Zimmermann, Anna-Corina Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20210347924
    Abstract: Process for producing aqueous polyacrylamide concentrates by polymerizing an aqueous solution comprising at least acrylamide thereby obtaining an aqueous polyacrylamide gel, comminuting said aqueous polyacrylamide gel and mixing it with an aqueous liquid, wherein the manufacturing steps are allocated to two different locations A and B and the process comprises the step of transporting an aqueous polyacrylamide concentrate hold in a suitable transport unit from a location A to a location B. Modular, relocatable plant for manufacturing aqueous polyacrylamide, wherein the units of the plant are located at two different locations A and B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Faissal-Ali El-Toufaili, Dennis Loesch, Anna-Corina Schmidt, Tobias Joachim Zimmermann, Markus Ostermayr, Jack F. Tinsley, Brent Busby
  • Publication number: 20210347977
    Abstract: Process of providing polyacrylamides to a site-of-use comprising at least the steps of mixing a polyacrylamide powder at a manufacturing site with an aqueous liquid, thereby obtaining a homogeneous aqueous polyacrylamide concentrate, transporting said concentrate in a transport unit from the manufacturing site to the site-of-use, and removing the homogeneous aqueous concentrate from the transport unit at the site-of-use. Process of treating subterranean, oil and/or gas bearing formations by injecting an aqueous treatment fluid into at least one wellbore, wherein the aqueous treatment fluid is manufactured by mixing at least an aqueous base fluid with said homogeneous aqueous polyacrylamide concentrate at the site-of-use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Faissal-Ali EL-TOUFAILI, Dennis LOESCH, Anna-Corina SCHMIDT, Tobias Joachim ZIMMERMANN, Markus OSTERMAYR, Jack F. TINSLEY, Brent BUSBY, Daniel BARRERA-MEDRANO