Patents by Inventor Odd Brakstad

Odd Brakstad 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).

  • Methods detecting, characterising and monitoring hydrocarbon reservoirs
    Publication number: 20060154306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of detecting, characterizing or monitoring a hydrocarbon source, which method comprises the genotypic analysis of a sample for the presence of one or more thermophilic or extemophilic microorganisms and in particular to the generation of microbiological profiles of samples and to the comparison of these profiles with profiles from reference samples. Also provided are oligonucleotides for use in said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Hans Kotlar, Hakon Rueslatten, Martin Ramstad, Odd Brakstad