Patents by Inventor Zeliang CHEN

Zeliang CHEN 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).

  • Patent number: 11933932
    Abstract: This invention is useful for determining the permeability of a geological formation using 1H NMR diffusion measurements acquired in the laboratory and using downhole 1H NMR well logging. The current technology for obtaining formation permeability downhole using NMR is not adequate for low-permeability, unconventional source rock formations with high organic content. This new method uses laboratory 1H NMR diffusion measurements for creating continuous downhole well logs of the mobile-hydrocarbon permeability of the hydrocarbon-filled pore space of downhole geological formations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: VINEGAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Harold J. Vinegar, Philip M. Singer, George J. Hirasaki, Zeliang Chen, Xinglin Wang, Eva Vinegar
  • Patent number: 11921069
    Abstract: The following invention is used for determining the relative permeability of a fluid in a rock for three different phases: water, oil, and gas, in both conventional and unconventional formations. The permeability of a phase describes how much it can flow in porous media given a pressure gradient and is useful in evaluating reservoir quality and productivity. The following invention is a method to determine the three-phase relative permeabilities in both conventional and unconventional formations using NMR restricted diffusion measurements on core with NMR-active nuclei, combined with centrifugation of the core. In addition, the tortuosity, pore size (surface-to-volume ratio), fluid-filled porosity, and permeability is determined for each of the three phases in a rock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Vinegar Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Eva Vinegar, Philip M. Singer, George J. Hirasaki, Zeliang Chen, Xinglin Wang, Harold J. Vinegar
  • Patent number: 11505834
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting Brucella infection, i.e., a serum and blood cell synchronous detection method. The detection method comprises two operation steps of serum sample detection and living blood cell sample detection and uses a supporting kit. The kit can be used for pretreatment of blood samples for clinically detecting Brucella in vitro. The serum and blood cell synchronous detection method can be used for early clinical rapid diagnosis of Brucella infection and medication guidance in the treatment process, and can also be used for prognosis, epidemiological survey of brucellosis, etc. The present invention can also be used for early clinical rapid diagnosis of other intracellular parasitic infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY FOR THE NATIONALITIES
    Inventors: Jingbo Zhai, Changlong Lv, Yongsheng Chen, Wei Gao, Leheng Zhao, Zeliang Chen
  • Patent number: 11099292
    Abstract: New methods for determining the volumetric composition and saturation of methane and NGLs (natural gas liquids: ethane, propane, butane, and pentane) in a petroleum reservoir combining NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) logging and NMR core analysis and for determining the mean pore-size and tortuosity of the light hydrocarbon-filled porosity in a petroleum reservoir using NMR core analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Vinegar Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Harold J. Vinegar, Philip M. Singer, George J. Hirasaki, Zeliang Chen, Xinglin Wang
  • Publication number: 20200232015
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting Brucella infection, i.e., a serum and blood cell synchronous detection method. The detection method comprises two operation steps of serum sample detection and living blood cell sample detection and uses a supporting kit. The kit can be used for pretreatment of blood samples for clinically detecting Brucella in vitro. The serum and blood cell synchronous detection method can be used for early clinical rapid diagnosis of Brucella infection and medication guidance in the treatment process, and can also be used for prognosis, epidemiological survey of brucellosis, etc. The present invention can also be used for early clinical rapid diagnosis of other intracellular parasitic infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jingbo Zhai, Changlong LV, Yongsheng Chen, Wei Gao, Leheng Zhao, Zeliang Chen
  • Patent number: 10544452
    Abstract: A nucleic acid isothermal amplification method is based on a polymerase spiral reaction using only one pair of primers. The method employs a self-spiraling amplification method, and has a high amplification efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignees: INSTITUTE OF PLA FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, BEIJING ANZONE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liuyu Huang, Wei Liu, Derong Dong, Zeliang Chen, Dayang Zou, Zhan Yang, Simo Huang, Ningwei Liu, Yaqing Xu, Yue Tang, Wen Ma
  • Publication number: 20170226574
    Abstract: A nucleic acid isothermal amplification method is based on a polymerase spiral reaction using only one pair of primers. The method employs a self-spiraling amplification method, and has a high amplification efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Liuyu HUANG, Wei LIU, Derong DONG, Zeliang CHEN, Dayang ZOU, Zhan YANG, Simo HUANG, Ningwei LIU, Yaqing XU, Yue TANG, Wen MA