Patents by Inventor David Martin Jones

David Martin Jones 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).

  • Process for stimulating production of methane from petroleum in subterranean formations
    Patent number: 9068107
    Abstract: A process for stimulating microbial methane production in a petroleum-bearing subterranean formation, comprising: (a) analyzing one or more components of the formation to determine characteristics of the formation environment; (b) detecting the presence of a microbial consortium, comprising at least one methanogenic microorganism, within the formation; (c) assessing whether the formation microorganisms are currently active; (d) determining whether the microbial consortium comprises one or more methanotrophic microorganism; (e) characterization of one or more microorganisms of the consortium, at least one of the members of the consortium being a methanogenic microorganism, and comparing the members of the consortium with at least one known microorganism having one or more known physiological and ecological characteristics; (f) characterization of one or more methanotrophic microorganisms of the consortium (if present), and comparing the members of the consortium with at least one known microorganism having one
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Norsk Hydro ASA
    Inventors: Stephen Richard Larter, Ian McCutcheon Head, David Martin Jones, Michael Erdmann, Arnd Wilhelms