Patents by Inventor Keith A. Monk

Keith A. Monk 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).

  • Publication number: 20230375223
    Abstract: A stamped bare wire metal heating element for heating fluid in a tankless electric fluid heating device may include a first electrically conductive portion extending linearly; a second electrically conductive portion extending linearly; and a third electrically conductive portion connecting the first electrically conductive portion to the second electrically conductive portion at a first end of the stamped bare wire metal heating element, wherein the stamped bare wire metal heating element is open between the first electrically conductive portion and the second electrically conductive portion at a second end of the stamped bare wire metal heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Christopher M. Hayden, Harsha Satyanarayana, Sean P. Nolan, Keith Monks
  • Publication number: 20230278949
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel class of multiple charged cationic or anionic compounds that are derived from an aza-Michael Addition reaction between a polyamine (Michael donor) and an activated olefin (Michael acceptor), methods of making the same, and use thereof. Also disclosed herein are the methods of using multiple charged cationic or anionic compounds disclosed herein in a reverse emulsion breaker composition to break reverse emulsion commonly found in a produced fluid in oil and gas operations. The disclosed REB methods or compositions are found to be more effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used for oil/solid and water separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ashish Dhawan, Keith A. Monk, Carter M. Silvernail
  • Patent number: 11702586
    Abstract: Multiple charged cationic compounds, which are derived from polyamines through an aza-Michael addition with an ?, ?-unsaturated carbonyl compound, in a clay treatment composition to reduces clay swelling, clay migration, and sludge formation in a subterranean formation in oil and gas operations are provided. The disclosed methods or compositions are found to be more effective than those methods or compositions commonly used for reducing clay swelling, clay migration, and sludge formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ChampionX USA Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Dhawan, Kellen Harkness, Carter M. Silvernail, Keith A. Monk
  • Patent number: 11685709
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel class of multiple charged cationic or anionic compounds that are derived from an aza-Michael Addition reaction between a polyamine (Michael donor) and an activated olefin (Michael acceptor), methods of making the same, and use thereof. Also disclosed herein are the methods of using multiple charged cationic or anionic compounds disclosed herein in a reverse emulsion breaker composition to break reverse emulsion commonly found in a produced fluid in oil and gas operations. The disclosed REB methods or compositions are found to be more effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used for oil/solid and water separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Ashish Dhawan, Keith A. Monk, Carter M. Silvernail
  • Publication number: 20210332288
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are the methods of using specific multiple charged cationic compounds, which are derived from polyamines through an aza-Michael addition with an ?, ?-unsaturated carbonyl compound, in a clay treatment composition to reduces clay swelling, clay migration, and sludge formation in a subterranean formation in oil and gas operations. The disclosed methods or compositions are found to be more effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used for reducing clay swelling, clay migration, and sludge formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ashish Dhawan, Kellen Harkness, Carter M. Silvernail, Keith A. Monk
  • Patent number: 11084974
    Abstract: Methods of using specific multiple charged cationic compounds, which are derived from polyamines through an aza-Michael addition with an ?, ?-unsaturated carbonyl compound, in a clay treatment composition to reduces clay swelling, clay migration, and sludge formation in a subterranean formation in oil and gas operations are provided. The disclosed methods or compositions are found to be more effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used for reducing clay swelling, clay migration, and sludge formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ChampionX USA Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Dhawan, Kellen Harkness, Carter M. Silvernail, Keith A. Monk
  • Publication number: 20200071602
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are the methods of using specific multiple charged cationic compounds, which are derived from polyamines through an aza-Michael addition with an ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound, in a clay treatment composition to reduces clay swelling, clay migration, and sludge formation in a subterranean formation in oil and gas operations. The disclosed methods or compositions are found to be more effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used for reducing clay swelling, clay migration, and sludge formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: ASHISH DHAWAN, KELLEN HARKNESS, CARTER M. SILVERNAIL, KEITH A. MONK
  • Publication number: 20200071265
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel class of multiple charged cationic or anionic compounds that are derived from an aza-Michael Addition reaction between a polyamine (Michael donor) and an activated olefin (Michael acceptor), methods of making the same, and use thereof. Also disclosed herein are the methods of using multiple charged cationic or anionic compounds disclosed herein in a reverse emulsion breaker composition to break reverse emulsion commonly found in a produced fluid in oil and gas operations. The disclosed REB methods or compositions are found to be more effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used for oil/solid and water separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: ASHISH DHAWAN, KEITH A. MONK, CARTER M. SILVERNAIL
  • Patent number: 9284650
    Abstract: Corrosion inhibitor compositions, methods of inhibiting or reducing corrosion, and methods of manufacturing corrosion inhibitor compositions are disclosed herein. In certain methods, the corrosion inhibitor compositions may be added to an aqueous industrial system having at least one surface. The aqueous industrial system may be a water recirculating system, a cooling water system, a boiler water system, a pulp slurry, a papermaking process, a ceramic slurry, a mixed solid/liquid system, or an oil-field system. A method of manufacturing a corrosion inhibitor composition may include reacting an alkanolamine with a fatty acid to form a fatty acid ester reaction product and reacting the fatty acid ester reaction product with an alkyl halide or an acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA Inc.
    Inventor: Keith A. Monk
  • Patent number: 9238588
    Abstract: Disclosed are corrosion inhibitor compounds and compositions useful in applications relating to the production, transportation, storage, and separation of crude oil and natural gas. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds and compositions as corrosion inhibitors, particularly in applications relating to the production, transportation, storage, and separation of crude oil and natural gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Ecolab USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Harrington, Keith Monk, Boyd Laurent, Jeremy Moloney
  • Publication number: 20150240365
    Abstract: Corrosion inhibitor compositions, methods of inhibiting or reducing corrosion, and methods of manufacturing corrosion inhibitor compositions are disclosed herein. In certain methods, the corrosion inhibitor compositions may be added to an aqueous industrial system having at least one surface. The aqueous industrial system may be a water recirculating system, a cooling water system, a boiler water system, a pulp slurry, a papermaking process, a ceramic slurry, a mixed solid/liquid system, or an oil-field system. A method of manufacturing a corrosion inhibitor composition may include reacting an alkanolamine with a fatty acid to form a fatty acid ester reaction product and reacting the fatty acid ester reaction product with an alkyl halide or an acrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventor: Keith A. Monk
  • Publication number: 20150037202
    Abstract: Disclosed are corrosion inhibitor compounds and compositions useful in applications relating to the production, transportation, storage, and separation of crude oil and natural gas. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds and compositions as corrosion inhibitors, particularly in applications relating to the production, transportation, storage, and separation of crude oil and natural gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Ryan Harrington, Keith Monk, Boyd Laurent, Jeremy Moloney
  • Patent number: 8178699
    Abstract: Provided are compounds that are modulators of CCR9 receptor activity, compositions containing the compounds and methods of use of the compounds and compositions. In certain embodiments, provided are methods for treating or ameliorating diseases associated with modulation of CCR9 receptor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Eric C Anderson, Ronald J Biediger, Jie Chen, Brian Dupre, Pedro Lory, Robert V. Market, Keith A. Monk, Michael M. Savage, Reginald Tennyson, Brandon M. Young
  • Patent number: 7989403
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion in a fluid is disclosed. The method comprises: adding to the fluid an effective corrosion inhibiting amount of a synergist, a synergist when H2S is present in the fluid, or no synergist when H2S is present in the fluid, and a composition comprising specified following formula and optionally salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventors: Erick J. Acosta, Peter A. Webber, Keith A. Monk
  • Publication number: 20110028469
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula (I) or of Formula (II) that are modulators of CCR9 receptor activity, compositions containing the compounds and methods of use of the compounds and compositions. In certain embodiments, provided are methods for treating or amelioratin diseases associated with modulation of CCR9 receptor activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Eric C. Anderson, Brian Dupre, Robert V. Market, Keith A. Monk, Michael M. Savage
  • Publication number: 20100219379
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion in a fluid is disclosed. The method comprises: adding to the fluid an effective corrosion inhibiting amount of a synergist, a synergist when H2S is present in the fluid, or no synergist when H2S is present in the fluid, and a composition comprising specified following formula and optionally salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Erick J. Acosta, Peter A. Webber, Keith A. Monk
  • Publication number: 20100029753
    Abstract: Provided are compounds that are modulators of CCR9 receptor activity, compositions containing the compounds and methods of use of the compounds and compositions. In certain embodiments, provided are methods for treating or ameliorating diseases associated with modulation of CCR9 receptor activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Eric C. Anderson, Ronald J. Biediger, Jie Chen, Brian Dupre, Pedro Lory, Robert V. Market, Keith A. Monk, Michael M. Savage, Reginald Tennyson, Brandon M. Young