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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:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Gary A. Pope, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Mukul M. Sharma, Austin, TX (US);
Viren Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Jimmie R. Baran, Jr., Prescott, WI (US);
Inventors:
Gary A. Pope, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Mukul M. Sharma, Austin, TX (US);
Viren Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Jimmie R. Baran, Jr., Prescott, WI (US);
Assignees:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/60 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention includes composition having a nonionic, fluorinated polymeric surfactant, water and solvent. Embodiments of compositions according to the present invention are useful, for example, for recovering hydrocarbons from subterranean clastic formations.