Patents by Inventor Béatrice Cingotti

Béatrice Cingotti 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).

  • Additive formulation for improving transport of oilfield effluents which may contain hydrates, and a process using this formulation
    Patent number: 6417417
    Abstract: In order to improve the transport of oilfield effluents comprising water, a gas and possibly a liquid hydrocarbon phase under thermodynamic conditions which can lead to the formation of hydrates, a formulation containing at least two additives, one of which behaves as a hydrate crystal nucleation agent, is added to the effluent to be transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Anne Sinquin, Marie Velly, Béatrice Cingotti, Jean-Pierre Durand