Patents by Inventor Bethany A. Turowec

Bethany A. Turowec 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).

  • METHOD AND RELEASE COATING COMPOSITION FOR PROVIDING CLEANING ASSISTANCE
    Publication number: 20170113252
    Abstract: A method of facilitating the removal of bitumen-containing mud from a substrate includes coating the substrate with a composition comprising nanoparticles and water, such that the bitumen-containing mud that adheres to the coated substrate may be more easily removed from the substrate than from an uncoated substrate. In one embodiment, the composition assists an aqueous terpene-based detergent to more effectively clean bitumen-containing mud from the painted steel undercarriages of trucks used in oil sands operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew T.J. van Bommel, Naiyong Jing, Mohit Malik, Tony R. Carrozzella, Bethany A. Turowec, Bradley M. Berven, S.M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia
  • CROSSLINKED EPOXY PARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160326300
    Abstract: A plurality of solid polymer particles including an aromatic epoxy crosslinked with a hardener having at least two amino groups and at least one of an aromatic ring or a cycloaliphatic ring is disclosed. The solid polymer particles are useful, for example, as proppants. Mixtures of the plurality of particles and other particles, fluids containing the plurality of particles, methods of making the plurality of particles, and methods of fracturing a subterranean geological formation are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Genaro A. Gelves, Mohit Malik, Bethany A. Turowec