Patents by Inventor Margaret Ruth Devol

Margaret Ruth Devol 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: 20210277771
    Abstract: Distributed Acoustic Sensing systems may be employed for monitoring wellbore events occurring within the interior of a tubular conveyance such as a coiled tubing strand. A signal cable carried by the coiled tubing strand may provide a measure of acoustic energy as a function of position in the wellbore such that a location of a ball dropped through the coiled tubing strand may be monitored in real time. The signal cable can be used to determine whether the ball encounters an obstruction within the coiled tubing strand, and/or can confirm that the ball has properly seated on a downhole tool actuated by engagement with the ball. In other embodiments, the location and density of a liquid sand flow or other fluid mixture can be monitored, and/or the location of a leak through a lateral wall of the coiled tubing strand can be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Bharat B. Pawar, John L. Maida, Margaret Ruth Devol, Jim B. Surjaatmadja