Patents by Inventor Loic P. Le Ribault

Loic P. Le Ribault 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).

  • Process for eliminating clays from rocks and sedimentary environments
    Patent number: 4553597
    Abstract: Process for eliminating clays from rocks and sedimentary environments, in particular rocks that are reservoirs of hydrocarbons, and/or water, and/or natural gas, or bituminous schists, or asphaltic sands, comprises applying into the said sedimentary environments or rocks organo-silicon compounds selected from: ##STR1## wherein: n is a whole number between 1 and 1,000 and preferably between 1 and 50;p, q and r are whole numbers between 0 and 1,000 and preferably between 0 and 50;R and R' are selected from the group consisting of aliphatics, cycloaliphatics, olefinics, aromatics; heteroatom-containing aliphatics, cycloaliphatics, olefinics and aromatics; and combinations of the above; R can also be OH, OR or OSiR.sub.3 ;.SIGMA. is selected from R, H, and SiR.sub.3 ;.SIGMA.' is selected from R, OR, OH, OSiR.sub.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Assignee: Lamothe, Boulan, Dunogues, Duffaut, and Ribault
    Inventors: Loic P. Le Ribault, Jacques P. Donogues, Norbert C. Duffaut