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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:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2010
Applicants:
Duy T. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
G. Richard Meyer, Missouri City, TX (US);
Inventors:
Duy T. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
G. Richard Meyer, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Nalco Company, Naperville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 33/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed and claimed is a method of demulsifying a produced emulsion into oil and water by adding a surfactant to the produced emulsion. The surfactant comprises any combination of surfactants having a plurality of hydrophilic groups.