Patents by Inventor John R. Loscutova

John R. Loscutova 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).

  • Composition and Method For Making A Proppant
    Publication number: 20090038798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proppants which can be used to prop open subterranean formation fractions. Proppant formulations are further disclosed which use one or more proppants of the present invention. Methods to prop open subterranean formation fractions are further disclosed. In addition, other uses for the proppants of the present invention are further disclosed, as well as methods of making the proppants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Oxane Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell J. Smith, John R. Loscutova, Elizabeth A. Whitsitt, Christopher E. Coker, Andrew R. Barron, Mark Wiesner, Stephen A. Costantino, Rajendra Kumar Bordia
  • Proppants With Carbide and/or Nitride Phases
    Publication number: 20090038797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proppants which can be used to prop open subterranean formation fractions. Proppant formulations are further disclosed which use one or more proppants of the present invention. Methods to prop open subterranean formation fractions are further disclosed. In addition, other uses for the proppants of the present invention are further disclosed, as well as methods of making the proppants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: OXANE MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert D. Skala, John R. Loscutova, Christopher E. Coker
  • Composition and Method For Making A Proppant
    Publication number: 20090032253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proppants which can be used to prop open subterranean formation fractions. Proppant formulations are further disclosed which use one or more proppants of the present invention. Methods to prop open subterranean formation fractions are further disclosed. In addition, other uses for the proppants of the present invention are further disclosed, as well as methods of making the proppants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Oxane Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell J. Smith, John R. Loscutova, Elizabeth A. Whitsitt, Christopher E. Coker, Andrew R. Barron, Mark Wiesner, Stephen A. Costantino, Rajendra Kumar Bordia
  • Composition and Method For Making A Proppant
    Publication number: 20090032254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proppants which can be used to prop open subterranean formation fractions. Proppant formulations are further disclosed which use one or more proppants of the present invention. Methods to prop open subterranean formation fractions are further disclosed. In addition, other uses for the proppants of the present invention are further disclosed, as well as methods of making the proppants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: OXANE MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Russell J. Smith, John R. Loscutova, Elizabeth A. Whitsitt, Christopher E. Coker, Andrew R. Barron, Mark Wiesner, Stephen A. Costantino, Rajendra Kumar Bordia
  • Composition and method for making a proppant
    Patent number: 7459209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proppants which can be used to prop open subterranean formation fractions. Proppant formulations are further disclosed which use one or more proppants of the present invention. Methods to prop open subterranean formation fractions are further disclosed. In addition, other uses for the proppants of the present invention are further disclosed, as well as methods of making the proppants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Oxane Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell J. Smith, John R. Loscutova, Elizabeth A. Whitsitt, Christopher E. Coker, Andrew R. Barron, Mark Wiesner, Stephen A. Costantino, Rajendra Kumar Bordia
  • Fabrication of light emitting film coated fullerenes and their application for in-vivo light emission
    Publication number: 20080171204
    Abstract: A nanoparticle coated with a semiconducting material and a method for making the same. In one embodiment, the method comprises making a semiconductor coated nanoparticle comprising a layer of at least one semiconducting material covering at least a portion of at least one surface of a nanoparticle, comprising: (A) dispersing the nanoparticle under suitable conditions to provide a dispersed nanoparticle; and (B) depositing at least one semiconducting material under suitable conditions onto at least one surface of the dispersed nanoparticle to produce the semiconductor coated nanoparticle. In other embodiments, the nanoparticle comprises a fullerene. Further embodiments include the semiconducting material comprising CdS or CdSe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Andrew R. Barron, Dennis J. Flood, John R. Loscutova
  • Composition and Method For Making a Proppant
    Publication number: 20080135245
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proppants which can be used to prop open subterranean formation fractions. Proppant formulations are further disclosed which use one or more proppants of the present invention. Methods to prop open subterranean formation fractions are further disclosed. In addition, other uses for the proppants of the present invention are further disclosed, as well as methods of making the proppants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: OXANE MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Russell J. Smith, John R. Loscutova, Christopher E. Coker, Andrew R. Barron, Robert D. Skala, Elizabeth A. Whitsitt, Mark Wiesner, Stephen A. Costantino, Rajendra Bordia