Patents by Inventor Joel Sminchak

Joel Sminchak 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).

  • Publication number: 20240020444
    Abstract: In an approach to visualizing the transport of ground contaminants in an aquifer, a location and one or more aquifer properties are received from a user. One or more simulation parameters and one or more output parameters are received from the user. A transport simulation of the ground contaminants in the aquifer is performed. One or more output visualizations of the transport of the ground contaminants in the aquifer are generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Scott Rohrer, Joel Sminchak, James HICKS
  • Patent number: 11459878
    Abstract: Described herein is a method and techniques for subsurface monitoring. The system includes a downhole including a casting with a lumen, a wireless power transmitter within the casting, a micro-sensor cement mixture including a plurality of micro-sensors mixed with a cement, the micro-sensor cement mixture on a surface of the casting opposite from the lumen, a relay system including a plurality of relays, each of the plurality of relays including a charging component and a surface receiver. The wireless power transmitter configured to transmit a wireless power signal. At least one micro-sensor of the plurality of micro-sensors is configured to receive the wireless power signal, sense at least one attribute, and transmit a sensed signal. A series of relays are configured to receive the sensed signal and re-transmit the sensed signal and a surface receiver is configured to receive the sensed signal at a third time after the second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Ashwin Pasumarti, Joel Sminchak, Mark Moody
  • Publication number: 20210277776
    Abstract: Described herein is a method and techniques for subsurface monitoring. The system includes a downhole including a casting with a lumen, a wireless power transmitter within the casting, a micro-sensor cement mixture including a plurality of micro-sensors mixed with a cement, the micro-sensor cement mixture on a surface of the casting opposite from the lumen, a relay system including a plurality of relays, each of the plurality of relays including a charging component and a surface receiver. The wireless power transmitter configured to transmit a wireless power signal. At least one micro-sensor of the plurality of micro-sensors is configured to receive the wireless power signal, sense at least one attribute, and transmit a sensed signal. A series of relays are configured to receive the sensed signal and re-transmit the sensed signal and a surface receiver is configured to receive the sensed signal at a third time after the second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Ashwin Pasumarti, Joel Sminchak, Mark Moody