Patents by Inventor Howard Bryant

Howard Bryant 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).

  • Viscosity measuring method
    Publication number: 20150293004
    Abstract: A method for measuring the average viscosity of a test fluid uses calibrated magnetic nanoparticles, with certain chosen hydrodynamic diameters and actual lateral dimensions (e.g. diameters), that are mixed into a small volume of the test fluid and a single magnetic relaxation curve measurement to provide data for viscosity determination. The distribution of hydrodynamic particle sizes of an ensemble of magnetic nanoparticles that are magnetically blocked at room temperature can be determined. Modifications of the method can be used to determine the distribution of viscosities in a complex fluid at the sub-microscopic level providing a novel type of viscosity measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Natalie L. Adolphi, Edward R. Flynn, Howard Bryant, Kimberly Butler
  • Viscosity measuring method
    Patent number: 9074976
    Abstract: A method for measuring the average viscosity of a test fluid uses calibrated magnetic nanoparticles, with certain chosen hydrodynamic diameters and actual lateral dimensions (e.g. diameters), that are mixed into a small volume of the test fluid and a single magnetic relaxation curve measurement to provide data for viscosity determination. The distribution of hydrodynamic particle sizes of an ensemble of magnetic nanoparticles that are magnetically blocked at room temperature can be determined. Modifications of the method can be used to determine the distribution of viscosities in a complex fluid at the sub-microscopic level providing a novel type of viscosity measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignees: STC.UNM, Senior Scientific, LLC
    Inventors: Natalie L. Adolphi, Edward R. Flynn, Howard Bryant, Kimberly Butler
  • Viscosity measuring method
    Publication number: 20120234080
    Abstract: A method for measuring the average viscosity of a test fluid uses calibrated magnetic nanoparticles, with certain chosen hydrodynamic diameters and actual lateral dimensions (e.g. diameters), that are mixed into a small volume of the test fluid and a single magnetic relaxation curve measurement to provide data for viscosity determination. The distribution of hydrodynamic particle sizes of an ensemble of magnetic nanoparticles that are magnetically blocked at room temperature can be determined. Modifications of the method can be used to determine the distribution of viscosities in a complex fluid at the sub-microscopic level providing a novel type of viscosity measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Natalie L. Adolphi, Edward R. Flynn, Howard Bryant, Kimberly Butler