Patents by Inventor To V. Pham

To V. Pham 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).

  • Patent number: 10436000
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a particularly effective well configuration that can be used for SAGD and other steam based oil recovery methods. Fishbone multilateral wells are combined with SAGD, effectively expanding steam coverage. Preferably, an array of overlapping fishbone wells cover the pay, reducing water use and allowing more complete production of the pay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: ConocoPhillips Resources Corp., ConocoPhillips Surmont Partnership, Total E&P Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: John L. Stalder, Son V. Pham
  • Publication number: 20190295319
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a refined 3D model. The methods comprise: constructing a subject point cloud using at least optical camera data acquired by scanning a subject; using radar depth data to modify the subject point cloud to represent an occluded portion of the subject's real surface; generating a plurality of reference point clouds using (1) a first 3D model of a plurality of 3D models that represents an object belonging to a general object class or category to which the subject belongs and (2) a plurality of different setting vectors; identifying a first reference point cloud from the plurality of reference point clouds that is a best fit for the subject point cloud; obtaining a setting vector associated with the first reference point cloud; and transforming the first 3D model into the refined 3D model using the setting vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hoa V. Pham, Quan H. Hua, Albert Charpentier, Michael Boylan, Leslie Young Harvill, Long H. Nguyen, Tuoc V. Luong
  • Publication number: 20190292899
    Abstract: A system and method to identify a dysfunction of a drill-string within a wellbore are provided. The system includes a sensor positioned proximate to a drill-string and proximate to a surface of the wellbore. The sensor is configured to sense a surface condition and generate measurement data. The system also includes a transmitter in communication with the sensor and configured to transmit the measurement data. The system also includes a receiver configured to receive the measurement data from the sensor. The system also includes a processor configured to calculate a downhole measurement based on the measurement data and analyze the downhole measurement to identify the dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Stacey C. Ramsay, Bradford L. Cobb, Phil D. Anno, Son V. Pham
  • Patent number: 10408055
    Abstract: A system and method for magnetic survey uses an autonomous vehicle configured to traverse over the area in a grid pattern with a magnetometer coupled to the autonomous vehicle and configured to obtain magnetic measurements at a controlled rate, the magnetometer obtaining a uniform sampling of the magnetic measurements in each grid of the grid pattern; and a processor configured to obtain the magnetic survey based on the magnetic measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Khalid Soofi, Avinash Ramjit, Son V. Pham, Stefan Maus
  • Publication number: 20190211665
    Abstract: A stick-slip vibration mitigation system and a method of using the system are provided. The system includes a sensor, a processor, a non-transitory storage medium, and a controller. The system is operable to be used with a drill-string in a wellbore during a drilling process to mitigate stick-slip vibration of the drill-string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Yang Zha, Son V. Pham
  • Patent number: 10252911
    Abstract: An autothermal reforming catalytic structure for generating hydrogen gas from liquid hydrocarbons, steam and an oxygen source. The autothermal reforming catalytic structure includes a support structure and nanosized mixed metal oxide particles dispersed homogenously throughout the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Jorge N. Beltramini, Moses O. Adebajo, Joao Carlos Diniz Da Costa, Gao Qing Lu, Thang V. Pham, Sai P. Katikaneni
  • Patent number: 10252910
    Abstract: An autothermal reforming catalytic structure for generating hydrogen gas from liquid hydrocarbons, steam and an oxygen source. The autothermal reforming catalytic structure includes a support structure and nanosized mixed metal oxide particles dispersed homogenously throughout the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Jorge N. Beltramini, Moses O. Adebajo, Joao Carlos Diniz Da Costa, Gao Qing Lu, Thang V. Pham, Sai P. Katikaneni
  • Publication number: 20190055834
    Abstract: An improved IFR1 technique wherein a single mid-lateral well measurement of local magnetic field is used instead of single wellhead or BHA points of measurement, or a plurality of wellbore measurement methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventor: Son V. PHAM
  • Patent number: 10208012
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that can exhibit anti-cancer and/or anti-inflammatory properties, in some aspects, methods of treating an inflammatory disease or a hyperproliferative disease, such as cancer, with the compounds are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Richard J. Ford, Jr., William G. Bornmann, Ashutosh Pal, Lan V. Pham, Zhenghong Peng, David Maxwell, Archito Tamayo
  • Patent number: 10177052
    Abstract: The dies of a stacked die IC are tested and, in response to detection of a defect at one of the dies, the type of defect is identified. If the defect is identified as a defective module repairable at the die itself, a redundant module of the die is used to replace the functionality of the defective module. If the defect is identified as one that is not repairable, a replacement die in the die stack is used to replace the functionality of the defective die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry H. Pelley, Michael B. McShane, Tim V. Pham
  • Patent number: 10156479
    Abstract: Systems, methods and other embodiments associated with spatial-domain Low-coherence Quantitative Phase Microscopy (SL-QPM) are described herein. SL-QPM can detect structural alterations within cell nuclei with nanoscale sensitivity (0.9 nm) (or nuclear nano-morphology) for “nano-pathological diagnosis” of cancer. SL-QPM uses original, unmodified cytology and histology specimens prepared with standard clinical protocols and stains. SL-QPM can easily integrate in existing clinical pathology laboratories. Results quantified the spatial distribution of optical path length or refractive index in individual nuclei with nanoscale sensitivity, which could be applied to studying nuclear nano-morphology as cancer progresses. The nuclear nano-morphology derived from SL-QPM offers significant diagnostic value in clinical care and subcellular mechanistic insights for basic and translational research. Techniques that provide for depth selective investigation of nuclear and other cellular features are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Yang Liu, Randall E. Brand, Hoa V. Pham, Shikhar Fnu
  • Patent number: 10154107
    Abstract: Distributing access to a document from a processing system includes sending or pushing a reference for a document within a repository to a storage area of a recipient system of a recipient to enable retrieval of the document from the repository. The reference is removed from the storage area of the recipient system of the recipient in response to an expiration of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward L. Bader, Nehemiah E. Clark, David S. Gaskins, Adrian Hermosillo, Bryan V. Pham
  • Publication number: 20180334898
    Abstract: A method and system for automatically controlling drilling weight-on-bit for using a drill-string to drill along a wellbore is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Yang ZHA, Stacey C. RAMSAY, Son V. PHAM
  • Patent number: 10093542
    Abstract: An autothermal reforming catalytic structure for generating hydrogen gas from liquid hydrocarbons, steam and an oxygen source. The autothermal reforming catalytic structure includes a support structure and metal particles dispersed homogenously throughout the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Jorge N. Beltramini, Moses O. Adebajo, Joao Carlos Diniz Da Costa, Gao Qing Lu, Thang V. Pham, Sai P. Katikaneni
  • Patent number: 10071909
    Abstract: An autothermal reforming catalytic structure for generating hydrogen gas from liquid hydrocarbons, steam and an oxygen source. The autothermal reforming catalytic structure includes a support structure and nanosized mixed metal oxide particles dispersed homogenously throughout the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Jorge N. Beltramini, Moses O. Adebajo, Joao Carlos Diniz Da Costa, Gao Qing Lu, Thang V. Pham, Sai P. Katikaneni
  • Publication number: 20180217300
    Abstract: A diffuser including opposing structured first and second major surfaces is described. The first major surface includes a first plurality of surface structures providing a uniform first haze. The second major surface includes a first portion adjacent an edge and a second portion adjacent the first portion. The first portion includes a first region and a second region between the first region and the second portion. The second major surface includes a second plurality of surface structures providing a uniform second haze over the second portion and providing a third haze in the first portion. The third haze in the first region is higher than the second haze, and the third haze in the second region is monotonically decreasing. The second portion has a surface area of at least 90 percent of a surface area of the second major surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Gary T. Boyd, Tri D. Pham, Nicholas A. Johnson, Oanh V. Pham, Sara S. Merritt, Stephen J. Etzkorn, Haiyan Zhang, Corey D. Balts, Joseph T. Aronson
  • Patent number: 10035704
    Abstract: An autothermal reforming catalytic structure for generating hydrogen gas from liquid hydrocarbons, steam and an oxygen source. The autothermal reforming catalytic structure includes a support structure and nanosized mixed metal oxide particles dispersed homogenously throughout the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Jorge N. Beltramini, Moses O. Adebajo, Joao Carlos Diniz Da Costa, Gao Qing Lu, Thang V. Pham, Sai P. Katikaneni
  • Patent number: 10002653
    Abstract: The dies of a stacked die integrated circuit (IC) employ the address bus to indicate the particular die, or set of dies, targeted by data on a data bus. During manufacture of the stacked die IC, the IC is programmed with information indicating a width of the address bus. During operation, each die addresses the other dies with addresses having the corresponding width based on this programmed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry H. Pelley, Michael B. McShane, Tim V. Pham
  • Publication number: 20180143953
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for comparing similar applications. A feature is identified from a linkage table, wherein the linkage table comprises a link to first information and a link to second information describing the feature, wherein the first information is for a first application and the second information is for a second application. There is redirection from a first web page to a second web page in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) with a first window in the second web page displaying the first information and a second window in the second web page displaying the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Edward L. Bader, Nehemiah E. Clark, Bryan V. Pham, Ruben Salazar, JR.
  • Patent number: D868801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Phil D. Anno, Dave W. Glover, Son V. Pham