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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Sivaprakash Shanmugam, Houston, TX (US);
Ashok Santra, Houston, TX (US);
Carl Thaemlitz, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 293/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 293/00 (2013.01); C09K 8/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
An amphiphilic branched star polymer drilling additive includes a crosslinked, polymerized reaction product of crosslinker C, hydrophobic monomer B, and hydrophilic monomer A. The crosslinked polymerized reaction product includes a plurality of block copolymer segments of hydrophobic monomer B and hydrophilic monomer A interconnected via crosslinker C.