Patents by Inventor Ronald LoSasso

Ronald LoSasso 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).

  • Networked polymeric gels and use of such polymeric gels in hydrocarbon recovery
    Publication number: 20080161208
    Abstract: A composition includes water having a salinity of at least 1 ppt, at least one hydrophilic polymer containing primary (—NH2) and/or secondary (—NHR) amine groups and at least one saccharide containing a reducible function. A method of changing the permeability of a subterranean formation includes the step of injecting into a subterranean formation a composition comprising water, at least one hydrophilic polymer containing at least two groups which are independently the same or different a primary amine group or a secondary amine group and at least one saccharide containing a reducible function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Eric J. Beckman, Ronald A. LoSasso, Janice E. LoSasso
  • Networked polymeric gels and use of such polymeric gels in hydrocarbon recovery
    Patent number: 7347263
    Abstract: A composition includes water having a salinity of at least 1 ppt, at least one hydrophilic polymer containing primary (—NH2) and/or secondary (—NHR) amine groups and at least one saccharide containing a reducible function. A method of changing the permeability of a subterranean formation includes the step of injecting into a subterranean formation a composition comprising water, at least one hydrophilic polymer containing at least two groups which are independently the same or different a primary amine group or a secondary amine group and at least one saccharide containing a reducible function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth of Higher Education
    Inventors: Eric J. Beckman, Ronald A. LoSasso, Janice E. LoSasso
  • Networked polymeric gels and use of such polymeric gels in hydrocarbon recovery
    Publication number: 20050194145
    Abstract: A composition includes water having a salinity of at least 1 ppt, at least one hydrophilic polymer containing primary (—NH2) and/or secondary (—NHR) amine groups and at least one saccharide containing a reducible function. A method of changing the permeability of a subterranean formation includes the step of injecting into a subterranean formation a composition comprising water, at least one hydrophilic polymer containing at least two groups which are independently the same or different a primary amine group or a secondary amine group and at least one saccharide containing a reducible function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Eric Beckman, Ronald LoSasso, Janice LoSasso