Patents by Inventor Mikhail V. Ostrovsky

Mikhail V. Ostrovsky 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).

  • Agarose compositions for nucleic acid sequencing
    Patent number: 5455344
    Abstract: A nucleic acid sequencing gel comprising 2 to 10% of a gelling polysaccharide, preferably agarose; a denaturing agent, a non-gelling additive, preferably glycerol, and electrophoretic buffers. This composition is capable of resolving nucleic acid fragments having at least 50 bases and which differ from each other by at least one base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Harper, Jonathan H. Morgan, Samuel Nochumson, Mikhail V. Ostrovsky, Donald W. Renn, William C. Snow
  • Method for improved oil recovery
    Patent number: 4706749
    Abstract: A non-thermal, chemical "huff and puff" method for improved oil recovery is provided in which surfactant/cosurfactant/brine mixtures are used to recover viscous and other hydrocarbons from single wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Petroleum Fermentations N.V.
    Inventors: Michael E. Hayes, Gary R. Hass, Robert Sharpe, Eirik Nestaas, Mikhail V. Ostrovsky