Patents by Inventor Bruce O. Home

Bruce O. Home 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).

  • DEMULSIFYING ADDITIVE FOR SEPARATION OF OIL AND WATER
    Publication number: 20210023475
    Abstract: A demulsifying additive comprising a branched aliphatic compound may be introduced to a stream containing mixtures of or emulsions of oil and water in an effective amount to separate water from the oil in the stream, such as separating oil from emulsified oil-in-water and/or separating water from emulsified water-in-oil in a production fluid. The branched aliphatic compound may be grafted with a polyether via a crosslinking reaction. Alternatively, branched aliphatic compounds may be crosslinked together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Joey D. Mangadlao, Wojciech Jakubowski, Bruce O. Home, Mary Jane Legaspi Felipe, Jorge E. Ramos