Patents by Inventor Mark D. Conner

Mark D. Conner 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: 20180244984
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions, methods, and systems for reducing the abrasive effect of proppants on pumping and transfer equipment. Slurries containing proppants coated with the composition of the present invention comprising a resin-containing dispersion comprising a resin-containing dispersion and at least one of a glycol and a cosolvent have a Miller number or SAR number as determined by ASTM G 75 of less than about 75 of less than about 50. The resin-containing dispersion is selected from \ polyurethane dispersions, blends containing polyurethane dispersions, acrylate dispersions and styrene butadiene rubber (“SBR”) latex dispersions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: David P. Zielinski, Mark D. Conner, William Ethan Allen Blanchard, Natalee Jo-Ann Smith
  • Publication number: 20180127638
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising an isocyanate, and a functional chemical, wherein the functional chemical is attached to the isocyanate at an active hydrogen atom of the functional chemical. The present invention offers a way of assuring that the isocyanate-attached functional chemical is released slowly over time at any stage of the oil and gas well lifecycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: James A. Thompson-Colón, Michael Jeffries, Mark D. Conner, David P. Zielinski
  • Publication number: 20180118972
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions, methods, and systems for reducing the abrasive effect of proppants on pumping and transfer equipment. Slurries containing proppants coated with the composition of the present invention comprising a resin-containing dispersion comprising a resin-containing dispersion and at least one of a glycol and a cosolvent have a Miller number or SAR number as determined by ASTM G 75 of less than about 75 of less than about 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: David P. Zielinski, Mark D. Conner, William Ethan Allen Blanchard, Natalee Jo-Ann Smith
  • Publication number: 20180112124
    Abstract: The present invention provides for the use of polyurethane dispersions to adhere functional chemicals on to proppants. The present invention offers a way of assuring that the chemical is released in the formation and is released slowly over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Mark D. Conner, James A. Thompson-Colón, Philip R. Jones, Natalee Jo-Ann Smith, Paul S. Hassett
  • Patent number: 5072046
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing bis-[aminophenyl ketones] and the resulting compositions which are suitable for the preparation of engineering polymers, e.g., polyimides, polyurethanes and a host of other resinous materials. The bis-[aminophenyl ketones] are formed by reacting 2 moles of a nitrophenyl acid halide with an aromatic bridging composition having at least two hydrogen atoms of sufficient reactivity to undergo acylation reactions whereby nitrophenyl ketone groups are attached to the aromatic bridging group. The resulting bis-[nitrophenyl ketones] then are converted to the amine by hydrogenation or by double nucleophilic displacement with an aminophenol.The invention also relates to polyimides and polyamides prepared from such bis-[aminophenyl ketones].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Burogyne, Jr., Mark D. Conner, Michael E. Ford, Thomas A. Johnson