Patents by Inventor J. Brandon Guillory

J. Brandon Guillory 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).

  • Scoop for use with an anchor system for supporting a whipstock
    Patent number: 6305474
    Abstract: A scoop capable of orienting a orientable downhole tool, such as a whipstock assembly, comprising: an orienting member that includes a helical upper surface that terminates in a first pin engaging slot. The pin engaging slot includes upper and lower closed ends such that when the orientable downhole tool advances toward the orienting member, a pin on the orientable downhole tool engages the helical upper surface and orients the orientable downhole tool assembly and when said pin on the orientable downhole tool assembly engages the slot, the orienting member resists axial movement in either axial direction and resists rotational movement in either rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Roberts, J. Brandon Guillory