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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2011
Applicants:

Diptabhas Sarkar, Houston, TX (US);

Charles Landis, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Ryan P. Collins, Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

Diptabhas Sarkar, Houston, TX (US);

Charles Landis, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Ryan P. Collins, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/24 (2006.01); C09K 8/03 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); C04B 40/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/467 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/03 (2013.01); C04B 40/0096 (2013.01); C09K 8/467 (2013.01); C09K 8/60 (2013.01); C09K 8/62 (2013.01); C09K 2208/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to nanoparticle smart tags and the use of nanoparticle smart tags in the detection of analyte. In particular, the present invention relates to nanoparticle smart tags that may be used in subgeologic formations to detect analytes of interest in real-time. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of providing a drilling fluid having a nanoparticle smart tag; and a base fluid; and introducing the drilling fluid in a subsurface geologic formation that has an analyte.


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