Patents by Inventor Howard J. Freund, JR.

Howard J. Freund, JR. 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 For Predicting Composition of Petroleum
    Publication number: 20100155078
    Abstract: A method for predicting petroleum expulsion is provided. An exemplary embodiment of the method comprises defining a chemical structure of a kerogen and identifying a plurality of reaction products of the kerogen under geologic heating rates. The exemplary method also comprises grouping the plurality of reaction products into a plurality of product lumps based on their chemical composition and predicting petroleum expulsion for each of the plurality of product lumps based on secondary cracking reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Clifford C. Walters, Howard J. Freund, JR., Simon R. Kelemen, Paul J. Hicks, JR.