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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:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Boyce D Burts, Jr, Maurice, LA (US);
Assignee:
M & D Industries of Louisiana, Inc., Lafayette, LA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
507104 ; 507112 ; 507904 ;
Abstract
An additive to reduce fluid loss from drilling fluids is comprised of comminuted products from the rice plant or blends of other comminuted plant materials with the rice products. Polymers to reduce fluid loss even lower and friction-reducing materials may be added to the plant materials.