Patents by Inventor Richard F. Volz, Jr.

Richard F. Volz, Jr. 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).

  • Method for recovering methane from a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation
    Patent number: 5566756
    Abstract: A method for treating a mixture of gaseous fluids within a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the invention provides for the disposal of a strongly adsorbing gaseous fluid within the formation. In other embodiments, the invention provides a means for fractionating a mixture of gaseous fluids within the formation. In still other embodiments, the invention provides for the recovery of a raffinate from the formation which is enriched in relatively weaker adsorbing gaseous fluids. In still other embodiments, the invention provides for the recovery of methane from the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph J. Chaback, Dan Yee, Richard F. Volz, Jr., John P. Seidle, Rajen Puri
  • Method for treating a mixture of gaseous fluids within a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation
    Patent number: 5439054
    Abstract: A method for treating a mixture of gaseous fluids within a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the invention provides for the disposal of a strongly adsorbing gaseous fluid within the formation. In other embodiments, the invention provides a means for fractionating a mixture of gaseous fluids within the formation. In still other embodiments, the invention provides for the recovery of a raffinate from the formation which is enriched in relatively weaker adsorbing gaseous fluids. In still other embodiments, the invention provides for the recovery of methane from the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph J. Chaback, Dan Yee, Richard F. Volz, Jr., John P. Seidle, Rajen Puri