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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:
Dec. 05, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2017
Applicant:

Locus Solutions Ipco, Llc, Solon, OH (US);

Inventors:

Sean Farmer, North Miami Beach, FL (US);

Ken Alibek, Solon, OH (US);

Kent Adams, Twinsburg, OH (US);

Karthik N. Karathur, Solon, OH (US);

Assignee:

LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC, Solon, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/52 (2006.01); C09K 8/524 (2006.01); C09K 8/584 (2006.01); C12N 1/16 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2018.01); C09K 8/54 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01); C10G 32/00 (2006.01); C40B 40/08 (2006.01); C40B 50/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6846 (2013.01); C09K 8/52 (2013.01); C09K 8/524 (2013.01); C09K 8/54 (2013.01); C09K 8/584 (2013.01); C09K 8/602 (2013.01); C10G 32/00 (2013.01); C12N 1/16 (2013.01); C09K 2208/32 (2013.01); C12Y 302/02027 (2013.01); C40B 40/08 (2013.01); C40B 50/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

The subject invention provides microbe-based products, as well as their use in simultaneously enhancing oil recovery from an oil well while efficiently removing contaminating compositions such as biofilm, scale, paraffin, and/or asphaltenes from oil production equipment and oil-bearing formations. The subject invention can also be used to disperse paraffin and asphaltene precipitates, and to reduce the viscosity of heavy crude oil. The subject invention further provides materials and methods for bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated sites.


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