Patents by Inventor Gaute Eilertsen

Gaute Eilertsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Drilling rig software system controls rig equipment to automate routine drilling processes
    Patent number: 11885211
    Abstract: Automated drilling may include receiving a tool-agnostic request to perform a process, determining one or more activities to complete the process, identifying a controller module associated with a first activity of the one or more activities, and triggering the controller module to initiate the first activity, wherein the controller module identifies and directs one or more drilling tools to initiate the first activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: Edgar Grimberg, Gaute Eilertsen, Cole Wong