Patents by Inventor Zheyi Chen

Zheyi 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OIL AND/OR GAS
    Publication number: 20130048279
    Abstract: A system for producing oil and/or gas from an underground formation comprising a well above the formation; a mechanism to inject an enhanced oil recovery formulation into the formation, the enhanced oil recovery formulation comprising water and an additive; and a mechanism to produce oil and/or gas from the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Matthias Appel, Subhash Chandra Bose Ayirala, Amy L.O. Blackwell, Carolus Petrus Adrianus Blom, Zheyi Chen, Ralf Hedden, Andreas Nicholas Matzakos, Ernesto Uehara-Nagamine, William Otto Mickelson
  • Copolymerization and copolymers of aromatic polymers with carbon nanotubes and products made therefrom
    Publication number: 20070118937
    Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to the block copolymerization of aromatic polymers with carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the CNTs typically being shortened, to form nanotube block copolymers. The present invention is also directed to fibers and other shaped articles made from the nanotube block copolymers of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Wen-Fang Hwang, James Tour, Zheyi Chen, Robert Hauge, Kazufumi Kobashi