Patents by Inventor Bernard Franklin

Bernard Franklin 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).

  • Polysaccharide delivery unit for wellbore treatment agent and method
    Patent number: 9816363
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation. The method may include providing a well treatment including a treatment complex formed of a treatment agent encapsulated, entrapped, or embedded in a polysaccharide, introducing the treatment complex into a wellbore through a subterranean formation, and allowing the treatment complex to release the treatment agent over a release time period. The method may include allowing the treatment complex to release the treatment agent after a delay time period from the introduction of the treatment complex into the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Superior Energy Services, LLC
    Inventors: Sumitra Mukhopadhyay, Chad Williams, Bernard Franklin, Eddie G. Bowen
  • POLYSACCHARIDE DELIVERY UNIT FOR WELLBORE TREATMENT AGENT AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140338902
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation. The method may include providing a well treatment including a treatment complex formed of a treatment agent encapsulated, entrapped, or embedded in a polysaccharide, introducing the treatment complex into a wellbore through a subterranean formation, and allowing the treatment complex to release the treatment agent over a release time period. The method may include allowing the treatment complex to release the treatment agent after a delay time period from the introduction of the treatment complex into the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Superior Energy Services, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Sumitra Mukhopadhyay, Chad Williams, Bernard Franklin, Eddie G. Bowen