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Ian Donald Gates
Also filed as: GATES IAN · GATES IAN D · GATES IAN DONALD
22 granted patents·12 pending applications·118 citations·filing 2001–2024
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34 records- 0190US7464756B2Process for in situ recovery of bitumen and heavy oilEXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RES CO·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 16, 2008·57 cites·17 claims
- 0289US11530603B2In-situ process to produce hydrogen from underground hydrocarbon reservoirsPROTON TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 20, 2022·10 cites·11 claims
- 0385US11214740B2Endogenous asphaltenic encapsulation of bituminous materials with recovery of light endsSOLIDEUM HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 4, 2022·4 cites·23 claims
- 0479US10246979B2Remote steam generation and water-hydrocarbon separation in steam-assisted gravity drainage operationsSUNCOR ENERGY INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 2, 2019·4 cites·35 claims
- 0577US12172039B2Body-worn air-treatment devices and methods of deactivating pathogensClear Blew·Filed 2023·Granted Dec 24, 2024·0 cites·22 claims
- 0677US2025058153A1Body-worn air-treatment devices and methods of deactivating pathogensClear Blew·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 0775US8235110B2Preconditioning an oilfield reservoirLARTER STEPHEN RICHARD·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 7, 2012·21 cites·89 claims
- 0868US8495921B2Method and apparatus for obtaining heavy oil samples from a reservoir sampleLARTER STEPHEN RICHARD·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 30, 2013·3 cites·33 claims
- 0967US11806558B2Body-worn air-treatment devices and methods of deactivating pathogensClear Blew·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 7, 2023·0 cites·23 claims
- 1066US8925632B2In situ process to recover methane gas from hydratesBUNIO GARY·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 6, 2015·5 cites·17 claims
- 1164US8336370B2Method for measurement of crude oil and bitumen dead oil viscosity and densityLARTER STEPHEN RICHARD·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 25, 2012·2 cites·27 claims
- 1261US11851619B2Separation of viscous oils into componentsSOLIDEUM INC·Filed 2020·Granted Dec 26, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 1361US11753593B2Separation of viscous oils into componentsSOLIDEUM INC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 12, 2023·0 cites·18 claims
- 1461US9187687B2Methods for increasing methanogenesis in subsurface reservoirsHEAD IAN MCCUTCHEON·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 17, 2015·1 cites·26 claims
- 1560US2025146154A1Process to produce hydrogen and oxygen from underground systemsDEEPH2 INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 1655US8056624B2In Situ heavy oil and bitumen recovery processGATES IAN DONALD·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 15, 2011·7 cites·54 claims
- 1754US11708744B2Process to produce hydrogen from underground geothermal reservoirsREVENTECH INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 25, 2023·1 cites·15 claims
- 1854US2024263550A1Methods for repurposing thermal hydrocarbon recovery operations for synthesis gas productionPROTON TECH CANADA INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 1953US10815763B2Remote steam generation and water-hydrocarbon separation in steam-assisted gravity drainage operationsSUNCOR ENERGY INC·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 27, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 2053US8568320B2System and method for using orthogonally-coded active source signals for reflected signal analysisLESKIW CHRIS·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 29, 2013·2 cites·22 claims
- 2152US2013312543A1Method and apparatus for obtaining heavy oil samples from a reservoir sampleLARTER STEPHEN RICHARD·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2251US2011250582A1Methods and systems for gas production from a reservoirGATES IAN DONALD·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 2350US12264564B1In-situ process to produce hydrogen-bearing gas from underground petroleum reservoirsPROTONH2 ANALYTICS LTD·Filed 2024·Granted Apr 1, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2450US2023311020A1Process to treat heavy oil or bitumen or mixtures of dilutants and heavy oil or bitumenGATES IAN DONALD·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 2548US9811173B2Computer input devices and associated computing devices, software, and methodsRAKUTEN INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 7, 2017·0 cites·21 claims
- 2645US2020407645A1Endogenous asphaltenic encapsulation of oil materialsSOLIDEUM INC·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 2743US11148959B2Process to obtain thin layers of dried and consolidated mature fines tailingsCEDA SERVICES AND PROJECTS LP·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 19, 2021·0 cites·12 claims
- 2843US2012160187A1Zero emission steam generation processBUNIO GARY L·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 2943US2020003036A1System and Method for Energizing Bitumen in a Bitumen Reserve for Recovery of Same, Using Acoustic Standing WavesSUNCOR ENERGY INC·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 3039US2021154592A1Method and system for drying mine tailingsCEDA SERVICES AND PROJECTS LP·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 3137US8552980B2Computer input devices and associated computing devices, software, and methodsSHAVER GREGORY A·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 8, 2013·0 cites·37 claims
- 3237US2021047905A1In-situ process to produce synthesis gas from underground hydrocarbon reservoirsPROTON TECH CANADA INC·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 3335US2008017372A1In situ process to recover heavy oil and bitumenPARAMOUNT RESOURCES LTD·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 3434US6666946B2Method of high speed coating pigment-containing liquid coating materials3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 23, 2003·1 cites·26 claims
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