Patents by Inventor Mansoor Alam

Mansoor Alam 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).

  • Patent number: 10202539
    Abstract: Oil recovery processes from carbonate or sandstone reservoirs. With a carbonate reservoir, the reservoir is initially flooded with a fluid such as sea water. Then the same fluid containing a plurality of citric acid-filled microcapsules is injected into the reservoir. These microcapsules are left to incubate in the reservoir, which will then infiltrate the rock formations, degrade by heat and release the encapsulated citric acid. The released citric acid reacts with the carbonate rocks to produce CO2 in situ, which causes oil trapped in the rock formations to swell, reduce in viscosity and move towards to a nearby production well. For a sandstone reservoir, calcium carbonate can be also encapsulated with the citric acid for CO2 generation at the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohamed A. Mahmoud, Mir Muhammad Mansoor Alam
  • Publication number: 20180362831
    Abstract: Oil recovery processes from carbonate or sandstone reservoirs. With a carbonate reservoir, the reservoir is initially flooded with a fluid such as sea water. Then the same fluid containing a plurality of citric acid-filled microcapsules is injected into the reservoir. These microcapsules are left to incubate in the reservoir, which will then infiltrate the rock formations, degrade by heat and release the encapsulated citric acid. The released citric acid reacts with the carbonate rocks to produce CO2 in situ, which causes oil trapped in the rock formations to swell, reduce in viscosity and move towards to a nearby production well. For a sandstone reservoir, calcium carbonate can be also encapsulated with the citric acid for CO2 generation at the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mohamed A. MAHMOUD, Mir Muhammad Mansoor ALAM
  • Publication number: 20180362832
    Abstract: Oil recovery processes from carbonate or sandstone reservoirs. With a carbonate reservoir, the reservoir is initially flooded with a fluid such as sea water. Then the same fluid containing a plurality of citric acid-filled microcapsules is injected into the reservoir. These microcapsules are left to incubate in the reservoir, which will then infiltrate the rock formations, degrade by heat and release the encapsulated citric acid. The released citric acid reacts with the carbonate rocks to produce CO2 in situ, which causes oil trapped in the rock formations to swell, reduce in viscosity and move towards to a nearby production well. For a sandstone reservoir, calcium carbonate can be also encapsulated with the citric acid for CO2 generation at the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mohamed A. Mahmoud, Mir Muhammad Mansoor Alam
  • Patent number: 10138411
    Abstract: Oil recovery processes from carbonate or sandstone reservoirs. With a carbonate reservoir, the reservoir is initially flooded with a fluid such as sea water. Then the same fluid containing a plurality of citric acid-filled microcapsules is injected into the reservoir. These microcapsules are left to incubate in the reservoir, which will then infiltrate the rock formations, degrade by heat and release the encapsulated citric acid. The released citric acid reacts with the carbonate rocks to produce CO2 in situ, which causes oil trapped in the rock formations to swell, reduce in viscosity and move towards to a nearby production well. For a sandstone reservoir, calcium carbonate can be also encapsulated with the citric acid for CO2 generation at the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohamed A. Mahmoud, Mir Muhammad Mansoor Alam
  • Patent number: 10106723
    Abstract: Oil recovery processes from carbonate or sandstone reservoirs. With a carbonate reservoir, the reservoir is initially flooded with a fluid such as sea water. Then the same fluid containing a plurality of citric acid-filled microcapsules is injected into the reservoir. These microcapsules are left to incubate in the reservoir, which will then infiltrate the rock formations, degrade by heat and release the encapsulated citric acid. The released citric acid reacts with the carbonate rocks to produce CO2 in situ, which causes oil trapped in the rock formations to swell, reduce in viscosity and move towards to a nearby production well. For a sandstone reservoir, calcium carbonate can be also encapsulated with the citric acid for CO2 generation at the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohamed A. Mahmoud, Mir Muhammad Mansoor Alam
  • Publication number: 20180258339
    Abstract: Oil recovery processes from carbonate or sandstone reservoirs. With a carbonate reservoir, the reservoir is initially flooded with a fluid such as sea water. Then the same fluid containing a plurality of citric acid-filled microcapsules is injected into the reservoir. These microcapsules are left to incubate in the reservoir, which will then infiltrate the rock formations, degrade by heat and release the encapsulated citric acid. The released citric acid reacts with the carbonate rocks to produce CO2 in situ, which causes oil trapped in the rock formations to swell, reduce in viscosity and move towards to a nearby production well. For a sandstone reservoir, calcium carbonate can be also encapsulated with the citric acid for CO2 generation at the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mohamed A. Mahmoud, Mir Muhammad Mansoor Alam
  • Patent number: 9976071
    Abstract: Oil recovery processes from carbonate or sandstone reservoirs. With a carbonate reservoir, the reservoir is initially flooded with a fluid such as sea water. Then the same fluid containing a plurality of citric acid-filled microcapsules is injected into the reservoir. These microcapsules are left to incubate in the reservoir, which will then infiltrate the rock formations, degrade by heat and release the encapsulated citric acid. The released citric acid reacts with the carbonate rocks to produce CO2 in situ, which causes oil trapped in the rock formations to swell, reduce in viscosity and move towards to a nearby production well. For a sandstone reservoir, calcium carbonate can be also encapsulated with the citric acid for CO2 generation at the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohamed A. Mahmoud, Mir Muhammad Mansoor Alam
  • Publication number: 20170044884
    Abstract: Oil recovery processes from carbonate or sandstone reservoirs. With a carbonate reservoir, the reservoir is initially flooded with a fluid such as sea water. Then the same fluid containing a plurality of citric acid-filled microcapsules is injected into the reservoir. These microcapsules are left to incubate in the reservoir, which will then infiltrate the rock formations, degrade by heat and release the encapsulated citric acid. The released citric acid reacts with the carbonate rocks to produce CO2 in situ, which causes oil trapped in the rock formations to swell, reduce in viscosity and move towards to a nearby production well. For a sandstone reservoir, calcium carbonate can be also encapsulated with the citric acid for CO2 generation at the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mohamed A. MAHMOUD, Mir Muhammad Mansoor ALAM
  • Publication number: 20090129735
    Abstract: An optical fiber comprising a multimode glass core having a diameter of at least 250 microns and an index of refraction and a polymer cladding having a thickness and contactingly surrounding a glass portion of the fiber so as to define an interface between the glass portion and the polymer cladding. The polymer cladding can have a first index of refraction that is less than the index of refraction. The fiber can comprise a density of less than 0.25 non-conforming regions having a diameter of 25 microns or greater per millimeter of length along the fiber, where each of the non-conforming regions is a region visible to the human eye under an optical microscope and having at least a portion thereof within a selected distance of the interface. The selected distance can be less than or equal to the thickness of the polymer cladding. The optical microscope can have a total magnification of about 200. The polymer cladding can be applied to at least a part of the optical fiber in at least a class 1000 environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: NUFERN
    Inventors: Martin Seifert, Upendra H. Manyam, Mansoor Alam, Kanishka Tankala, Jaroslaw Abramczyk, Douglas Guertin, Nils Jacobson
  • Patent number: 7527814
    Abstract: The invention provides a simple method for isolation of calliterpenone (16?,17 dihydroxy-3-oxo phyllocladane), a phyllocladane diterpenoid with the plant growth regulating properties, from plant genus Callicarpa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Singh, Suman Preet Singh Khanuja, Sudeep Tandon, Alok Kalra, Deeptanjali Sahoo, Atul Prakash Kahol, Madan Mohan Gupta, Ram Kishor Verma, Arun Kumar Kukreja, Mansoor Alam, Guru Das Bagachi, Ravi Prakash Bansal, Mahendra Pandurang Darokar, Anil Kumar Gupta
  • Patent number: 7483610
    Abstract: An optical fiber comprising a multimode glass core having a diameter of at least 250 microns and an index of refraction and a polymer cladding having a thickness and contactingly surrounding a glass portion of the fiber so as to define an interface between the glass portion and the polymer cladding. The polymer cladding can have a first index of refraction that is less than the index of refraction. The fiber can comprise a density of less than 0.25 non-conforming regions having a diameter of 25 microns or greater per millimeter of length along the fiber, where each of the non-conforming regions is a region visible to the human eye under an optical microscope and having at least a portion thereof within a selected distance of the interface. The selected distance can be less than or equal to the thickness of the polymer cladding. The optical microscope can have a total magnification of about 200. The polymer cladding can be applied to at least a part of the optical fiber in at least a class 1000 environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Nufern
    Inventors: Martin Seifert, Upendra H. Manyam, Mansoor Alam, Kanishka Tankala, Jaroslaw Abramczyk, Douglas Guertin, Nils Jacobson
  • Publication number: 20070225168
    Abstract: The invention provides a simple method for isolation of calliterpenone (16?,17 dihydroxy-3-oxo phyllocladane), a phyllocladane diterpenoid with the plant growth regulating properties, from plant genus Callicarpa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Council of Scientific and Industial Research
    Inventors: Anil Singh, Suman Khanuja, Sudeep Tandon, Alok Kalra, Deeptanjali Sahoo, Atul Kahol, Madan Gupta, Ram Verma, Arun Kukreja, Mansoor Alam, Guru Bagachi, Ravi Bansal, Mahendra Darokar, Anil Gupta
  • Patent number: 7211428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the selection and development of superior strain of Bacillus spp for improving plant growth and health by inhibiting pathogenic fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Abdul Sattar, Mansoor Alam, Abdul Khaliq, Suman Preet Singh Khanuja, Alok Kalra, Abdul Samad, Ajit Kumar Shasany, Mahendra Pandurang Darokar, Ashutosh Kumar Shukla, Togarati Padmapriya, Mohammad Yaseen, Om Parkash Dhawan, Mohammad Zaim, Poovappallivadakethil Viswanathan Nair Ajaya Kumar
  • Publication number: 20070092491
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the selection and development of superior strain of Bacillus spp for improving plant growth and health by inhibiting pathogenic fungi
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Abdul Sattar, Mansoor Alam, Abdul Khaliq, Suman Preet Singh Khanuja, Alok Kalra, Abdul Samad, Ajit Shasany, Mahendra Darokar, Ashutosh Shukla, Togarati Padmapriya, Mohammad Yaseen, Om Parkash Dhawan, Mohammad Zaim, Poovappallivadakethil Viswanathan Nair Ajaya Kumar
  • Publication number: 20050254765
    Abstract: An optical fiber comprising a multimode glass core having a diameter of at least 250 microns and an index of refraction and a polymer cladding having a thickness and contactingly surrounding a glass portion of the fiber so as to define an interface between the glass portion and the polymer cladding. The polymer cladding can have a first index of refraction that is less than the index of refraction. The fiber can comprise a density of less than 0.25 non-conforming regions having a diameter of 25 microns or greater per millimeter of length along the fiber, where each of the non-conforming regions is a region visible to the human eye under an optical microscope and having at least a portion thereof within a selected distance of the interface. The selected distance can be less than or equal to the thickness of the polymer cladding. The optical microscope can have a total magnification of about 200. The polymer cladding can be applied to at least a part of the optical fiber in at least a class 1000 environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Seifert, Upendra Manyam, Mansoor Alam, Kanishka Tankala, Jaroslaw Abramczyk, Douglas Guertin, Nils Jacobson
  • Publication number: 20050041697
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for modifying a material with a laser light beam, such as, for example, a laser light beam provided by portable laser, such as, for example, a portable optical fiber laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Seifert, Mansoor Alam
  • Patent number: 6558940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new strain of Streptomyces sp., called CIMAP A1 isolated from the soil of geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) planted in the experimental fields of CIMAP and having the accession No. ATCC PTA-4131 and capable of inhibiting the growth of phytopathogenic fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Mansoor Alam, Abdul Sattar, Sushil Kumar, Abdul Samad, Om Prakash Dhawan, Suman Preet Singh Khanuja, Ajit Kumar Shasany, Seema Singh, Poovappallivadakethil Viswanathan Nair Ajaya Kumar, Abdul Khaliq, Mohammad Zaim, Saba Shahabuddin, Mala Trivedi
  • Patent number: 6534696
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disease resistant and high yielding variety of opium poppy plant (Papaver somniferum L. 2n=22) christened as ‘Rakshit’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Om Parkash Dhawan, Saba Shahabuddin, Mala Trivedi, Abdul Sattar, Mansoor Alam, Abdul Samad, Mohammad Zaim, Samresh Dwivedi, Surendra Pratap Singh, Hemendra Pratap Singh, Suman Preet Singh Khanuja, Mahendra Pandurang Darokar, Ajit Kumar Shasney, Madan Mohan Gupta, Rajesh Luthra, Jawahar Ram Sharma, Raj Kishori Lal, Hari Om Misra, Alok Kalra, Sushil Kumar
  • Publication number: 20020076802
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new strain of Streptomyces sp., called CIMAP A1 isolated from the soil of geranium (Pelargonium graleoleus) planted in the experimental fields of CIMAP and having the accession No. . . . and capable of inhibiting the growth of phytopathogenic fungi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Mansoor Alam, Abdul Sattar, Sushil Kumar, Abdul Samad, Om Prakash Dhawan, Suman Preet Singh Khanuja, Ajit Kumar Shasany, Seema Singh, Poovappallivadakethil Viswanathan Nair Ajaya Kumar, Abdul Khaliq, Mohammad Zaim, Saba Shahabuddin, Mala Trivedi
  • Patent number: PP10935
    Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid plant named `Himalaya` (Mentha arvensis) characterized by its higher yield of oil which is rich in menthol, improved regeneration potential, vigorous growth, deep green broad thick leaves, pinkish white flowers and tolerance to rust such as alternaria leaf blight, corynespora leaf spot and powdery mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
    Inventors: Sushil Kumar, Bali Ram Tyagi, Janak Raj Bahl, Hari Singh, Vikram Singh, Ram Ujagir, Suman Preet Singh Khanuja, Ajit Kumar Shasany, Ram Sajivan Shukla, Abdul Sattar, Dwijendra Singh, Akhtar Haseeb, Vijay Pal Singh, Paltoo Ram, Kambod Singh, Saudan Singh, Surendra Pratap Singh, Nirmal Kumar Patra, Mansoor Alam, Arif Ali Naqvi, Muni Ram, Krishan Kumar Agarwal, Kailash Singh