Patents by Inventor Joel L. Levine

Joel L. Levine 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 determining saturation characteristics of a porous material
    Patent number: 4381665
    Abstract: A method for determining the fluid saturation conditions of a porous material containing a liquid hydrocarbon. An insoluble displacing liquid is pumped into such porous material and displaces the liquid hydrocarbon. The amount of displaced liquid hydrocarbon is monitored as a measure of the saturation condition of the porous material at any given time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1983
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Joel L. Levine, Benjamin F. Marek