Patents by Inventor Robert Clifford ROBACK

Robert Clifford ROBACK 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 sealing a void in a well using smart gels
    Patent number: 11486223
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include swellable smart gel sealants and methods of using smart gel sealants. In certain embodiments, the smart gel sealants reversibly swell when exposed to a certain trigger, such as temperature or pH. In specific embodiments, the smart gel is disposed within voids in a well and triggered to swell in order to seal the voids. One application of the smart gel sealant is to seal the casing of a well against the leakage of gas, such as H2S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Robert Clifford Roback, Hakim Boukhalfa, Robert David Gilbertson, Harvey Edwin Goodman
  • Method for sealing a void in a well using a smart gel sealant
    Patent number: 10988663
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include swellable smart gel sealants. In certain embodiments, the smart gel sealants reversibly swell when exposed to a certain trigger, such as temperature or pH. In specific embodiments, the smart gel is disposed within voids in a well and triggered to swell in order to seal the voids. One application of the smart gel sealant is to seal the casing of a well against the leakage of gas, such as CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Harvey E. Goodman, Robert Clifford Roback, Robert D. Gilbertson, Hakim Boukhalfa, Scott W. Imbus
  • Method For Sealing A Void In A Well Using Smart Gels
    Publication number: 20210040814
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include swellable smart gel sealants and methods of using smart gel sealants. In certain embodiments, the smart gel sealants reversibly swell when exposed to a certain trigger, such as temperature or pH. In specific embodiments, the smart gel is disposed within voids in a well and triggered to swell in order to seal the voids. One application of the smart gel sealant is to seal the casing of a well against the leakage of gas, such as H2S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Clifford Roback, Hakim Boukhalfa, Robert David Gilbertson, Harvey Edwin Goodman
  • HETEROCYCLIC AMIDES USEFUL AS PROTEIN MODULATORS
    Publication number: 20200325126
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having the formula: wherein Ra, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8, are as defined herein, or a salt, particularly a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventors: Adam Kenneth CHARNLEY, Robert Clifford Roback, Robert D. Gilbertson, Hakim Boukhalfa, Scott w. Imbus
  • Smart Gel Sealants for Well Systems
    Publication number: 20190292435
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include swellable smart gel sealants. In certain embodiments, the smart gel sealants reversibly swell when exposed to a certain trigger, such as temperature or pH. In specific embodiments, the smart gel is disposed within voids in a well and triggered to swell in order to seal the voids. One application of the smart gel sealant is to seal the casing of a well against the leakage of gas, such as CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Los Alamos National Laboratory, LC / IP
    Inventors: Harvey E. GOODMAN, Robert Clifford ROBACK, Robert D. GILBERTSON, Hakim BOUKHALFA, Scott W. IMBUS