Patents Represented by Attorney W. D. Jackson

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  • Logging technique for assaying for uranium in earth formations
    Patent number: 4180730
    Abstract: A borehole logging tool includes a source of fast neutrons, an epithermal neutron flux detector, and a thermal neutron flux detector. A count rate meter is connected to each detector. A ratio detector provides a signal indicative of the ratio of the count rates of the two detectors obtained during the time that prompt neutrons are emitted from neutron fission of uranium in the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1979
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Wyatt W. Givens, William R. Mills, Jr.