Patents by Inventor Warren Foster

Warren Foster 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: 11920445
    Abstract: A method and system for enhancing petroleum production are provided, in which a fracturing operation can be conducted in a formation through a string and then petroleum is displaced from the fractured formation by selectively injecting fluid into selected fractures in the formation while other non-selected fractures remain without fluid injection. The injected fluid flows out into the fractured formation and enhances recovery from the non-selected fractures. Petroleum is selectively collected from the non-selected fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NCS MULTISTAGE, LLC.
    Inventors: Warren Foster Peter MacPhail, Wolfgang Friedrich Johann Deeg
  • Patent number: 11634977
    Abstract: A method and system for enhancing petroleum production are provided, in which petroleum is displaced from a fractured formation by selectively injecting fluid into selected fractures in the formation without injecting into the other non-selected fractures. The injected fluid flows out into the fractured formation and enhances recovery from the non-selected fractures. Petroleum is selectively collected from the non-selected fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NCS MULTISTAGE, LLC
    Inventors: Warren Foster Peter MacPhail, Jerry Chin Shaw
  • Publication number: 20220326222
    Abstract: Methods for diagnosing or monitoring endometriosis in a mammal are provided. The methods include the steps of determining the expression levels of BDNF, glycodelin and optionally ZAG, in a biological sample from the mammal, and determining that the mammal has endometriosis when the biomarker expression levels in the sample are elevated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Warren Foster, Jocelyn Wessels, Sanjay Agarwal, Leyla Soleymani
  • Publication number: 20220307358
    Abstract: A method and system for enhancing petroleum production are provided, in which a fracturing operation can be conducted in a formation through a string and then petroleum is displaced from the fractured formation by selectively injecting fluid into selected fractures in the formation while other non-selected fractures remain without fluid injection. The injected fluid flows out into the fractured formation and enhances recovery from the non-selected fractures. Petroleum is selectively collected from the non-selected fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: WARREN FOSTER PETER MacPHAIL, WOLFGANG FRIEDRICH JOHANN DEEG
  • Patent number: 11377940
    Abstract: A method and system for enhancing petroleum production are provided, in which a fracturing operation can be conducted in a formation through a string and then petroleum is displaced from the fractured formation by selectively injecting fluid into selected fractures in the formation while other non-selected fractures remain without fluid injection. The injected fluid flows out into the fractured formation and enhances recovery from the non-selected fractures. Petroleum is selectively collected from the non-selected fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Warren Foster Peter MacPhail, Wolfgang Friedrich Johann Deeg
  • Publication number: 20220010664
    Abstract: A method and system for enhancing petroleum production are provided, in which a fracturing operation can be conducted in a formation through a string and then petroleum is displaced from the fractured formation by selectively injecting fluid into selected fractures in the formation while other non-selected fractures remain without fluid injection. The injected fluid flows out into the fractured formation and enhances recovery from the non-selected fractures. Petroleum is selectively collected from the non-selected fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: WARREN FOSTER PETER MacPHAIL, WOLFGANG FRIEDRICH JOHANN DEEG
  • Patent number: 11221327
    Abstract: Methods for diagnosing or monitoring endometriosis in a mammal are provided. The methods include the steps of determining the expression levels of BDNF, glycodelin and optionally ZAG, in a biological sample from the mammal, and determining that the mammal has endometriosis when the biomarker expression levels in the sample are elevated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: McMaster University, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Warren Foster, Jocelyn Wessels, Sanjay Agarwal, Leyla Soleymani
  • Publication number: 20210079773
    Abstract: A method and system for enhancing petroleum production are provided, in which petroleum is displaced from a fractured formation by selectively injecting fluid into selected fractures in the formation without injecting into the other non-selected fractures. The injected fluid flows out into the fractured formation and enhances recovery from the non-selected fractures. Petroleum is selectively collected from the non-selected fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: WARREN FOSTER PETER MacPHAIL, JERRY CHIN SHAW
  • Patent number: 10890057
    Abstract: A method and system for enhancing petroleum production are provided, in which a fracturing operation can be conducted in a formation through a string and then petroleum is displaced from the fractured formation by selectively injecting fluid into selected fractures in the formation while other non-selected fractures remain without fluid injection. The injected fluid flows out into the fractured formation and enhances recovery from the non-selected fractures. Petroleum is selectively collected from the non-selected fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: NCS Multistage, LLC
    Inventors: Warren Foster Peter MacPhail, Wolfgang Friedrich Johann Deeg
  • Patent number: 10415093
    Abstract: Methods for diagnosing or monitoring endometriosis in a mammal are provided. The methods include the steps of determining the expression levels of BDNF and its receptor, Ntrk2, in a biological sample from the mammal, and determining that the mammal has endometriosis when the BDNF and Ntrk2 expression levels in the sample are elevated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Warren Foster, Nicholas Leyland, Jocelyne Wessels, Sanjay Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20180067102
    Abstract: Methods for diagnosing or monitoring endometriosis in a mammal are provided. The methods include the steps of determining the expression levels of BDNF, glycodelin and optionally ZAG, in a biological sample from the mammal, and determining that the mammal has endometriosis when the biomarker expression levels in the sample are elevated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Warren Foster, Jocelyn Wessels, Sanjay Agarwal, Leyla Soleymani
  • Publication number: 20170030173
    Abstract: A method and system for enhancing petroleum production are provided, in which a fracturing operation can be conducted in a formation through a string and then petroleum is displaced from the fractured formation by selectively injecting fluid into selected fractures in the formation while other non-selected fractures remain without fluid injection. The injected fluid flows out into the fractured formation and enhances recovery from the non-selected fractures. Petroleum is selectively collected from the non-selected fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: WARREN FOSTER PETER MacPHAIL, WOLFGANG FRIEDRICH JOHANN DEEG
  • Publication number: 20160281167
    Abstract: Methods for diagnosing or monitoring endometriosis in a mammal are provided. The methods include the steps of determining the expression levels of BDNF and its receptor, Ntrk2, in a biological sample from the mammal, and determining that the mammal has endometriosis when the BDNF and Ntrk2 expression levels in the sample are elevated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Warren Foster, Nicholas Leyland, Jocelyne Wessels, Sanjay Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20150378041
    Abstract: A method and a system for obtaining information for imaging a subterranean formation are provided. The method comprises emitting sonic or percussive signals from one or more point source locations in or near the subterranean formation; detecting the signals at one or more receiver locations; and processing the signals to calculate the geometry of the ray paths travelled by the signals in the subterranean formation. The system comprises one or more signal sources for generating sonic or percussive signals; a receiver for receiving the signals; and a processor for processing the signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Warren Foster Peter MacPHAIL, Lars HINRICHS, Glenn Allen LARSON
  • Publication number: 20150369023
    Abstract: A method and system for enhancing petroleum production are provided, in which petroleum is displaced from a fractured formation by selectively injecting fluid into selected fractures in the formation without injecting into the other non-selected fractures. The injected fluid flows out into the fractured formation and enhances recovery from the non-selected fractures. Petroleum is selectively collected from the non-selected fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: DEVON CANADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: WARREN FOSTER PETER MacPHAIL, JERRY CHIN SHAW
  • Publication number: 20100101469
    Abstract: Left and right main hoppers offset laterally from each other on opposite sides of the centerline of a seeding machine provide an operator access area between the hoppers. A third hopper located forwardly of and between the two main hoppers has a capacity less than that of each of the main hoppers for refuge or male seed. The hoppers are sized to maximize productivity. In one embodiment, first and second hoppers communicate with downstream conduit structure, and valve structure selects one or the other of the first and second hoppers for delivery of the material. The valve structure can be operated remotely and can be map based. Alternatviely, selectively blockable nozzle structure is located in the first and second hoppers. Easily changeable connector structure facilitates row pattern selection and hose routing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Donald Keith Landphair, Christopher Allen Myers, Patrick Eugene Pinkston, Richard Hugo Clark, Chris Warren Foster, Chad Erik Braden, Robert Wallace Martin
  • Patent number: 7647875
    Abstract: Left and right main hoppers offset laterally from each other on opposite sides of the centerline of a seeding machine provide an operator access area between the hoppers. A third hopper located forwardly of and between the two main hoppers has a capacity less than that of each of the main hoppers for refuge or male seed. The hoppers are sized to maximize productivity. In one embodiment, first and second hoppers communicate with downstream conduit structure, and valve structure selects one or the other of the first and second hoppers for delivery of the material. The valve structure can be operated remotely and can be map based. Alternatively, selectively blockable nozzle structure is located in the first and second hoppers. Easily changeable connector structure facilitates row pattern selection and hose routing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Donald Keith Landphair, Christopher Allen Myers, Patrick Eugene Pinkston, Richard Hugo Clark, Chris Warren Foster, Chad Erik Braden, Robert Wallace Martin
  • Publication number: 20080282951
    Abstract: Left and right main hoppers offset laterally from each other on opposite sides of the centerline of a seeding machine provide an operator access area between the hoppers. A third hopper located forwardly of and between the two main hoppers has a capacity less than that of each of the main hoppers for refuge or male seed. The hoppers are sized to maximize productivity. In one embodiment, first and second hoppers communicate with downstream conduit structure, and valve structure selects one or the other of the first and second hoppers for delivery of the material. The valve structure can be operated remotely and can be map based. Alternatively, selectively blockable nozzle structure is located in the first and second hoppers. Easily changeable connector structure facilitates row pattern selection and hose routing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Donald Keith Landphair, Christopher Allen Myers, Patrick Eugene Pinkston, Richard Hugo Clark, Chris Warren Foster, Chad Erik Braden, Robert Wallace Martin
  • Patent number: 7418908
    Abstract: Left and right main hoppers offset laterally from each other on opposite sides of the centerline of a seeding machine provide an operator access area between the hoppers. A third hopper located forwardly of and between the two main hoppers has a capacity less than that of each of the main hoppers for refuge or male seed. The hoppers are sized to maximize productivity. In one embodiment, first and second hoppers communicate with downstream conduit structure, and valve structure selects one or the other of the first and second hoppers for delivery of the material. The valve structure can be operated remotely and can be map based. Alternatviely, selectively blockable nozzle structure is located in the first and second hoppers. Easily changeable connector structure facilitates row pattern selection and hose routing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Donald Keith Landphair, Christopher Allen Myers, Patrick Eugene Pinkston, Richard Hugo Clark, Chris Warren Foster, Chad Erik Braden, Robert Wallace Martin