Patents by Inventor Jerry W. Wimberley

Jerry W. Wimberley 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).

  • Use of nonradioactive complex metal anion as tracer in subterranean reservoirs
    Patent number: 5246861
    Abstract: Complex metal anions such as cobaltic hexacyanide are utilized as nonradioactive tracers in reservoir studies. Sensitive analytical procedures enable detection and measurement of very low tracer levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Conoco Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Miller, Clyde O. Sheely, Jerry W. Wimberley, Rhea A. Howard
  • Prevention of color deterioration of diphenylalkanes
    Patent number: 4143081
    Abstract: A method of preventing, or substantially reducing, the amount of color deterioration of diphenylalkanes, said diphenylalkanes being in contact with a color-deteriorating material, is disclosed. Briefly, the method comprises contacting the diphenylalkanes with an effective amount of ammonia or certain amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Assignee: Continental Oil Company
    Inventors: Alfred B. Carel, Jerry W. Wimberley
  • Method for geochemical prospecting
    Patent number: 4067693
    Abstract: A method for locating subterranean sulfide mineral ore deposits by analyzing the soil at a plurality of locations in an area of interest to determine the ratio between mercury present in the soil as mercury sulfide and the total mercury present in the soil and, thereafter, comparing the ratios to determine the location of sulfide mineral ore deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1978
    Assignee: Continental Oil Company
    Inventor: Jerry W. Wimberley
  • Method for controllng boric acid concentration in an aqueous stream
    Patent number: 3980435
    Abstract: A method for maintaining a desired boric acid concentration in an aqueous stream by mixing a selected quantity of the aqueous stream with an aqueous solution containing an alkali metal hydroxide in an amount stoichiometrically equal to the amount of boric acid which would be present in the selected quantity of the aqueous stream at the desired boric acid concentration and thereafter determining the pH of the solution and adjusting the boric acid concentration in the aqueous stream in response to the pH determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: Continental Oil Company
    Inventor: Jerry W. Wimberley