Patents by Inventor Ali E. Abdou

Ali E. Abdou 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).

  • Optimization of a target of a downhole neutron generator
    Patent number: 12396085
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for optimizing the performance of a target for a downhole neutron generator. An example method can include disposing a first source material and a first substrate in a vacuum chamber at an initial temperature, evaporating the first source material to be deposited onto a surface of the first substrate, monitoring a temperature of the first substrate during the evaporation of the first source material, and determining a thermal equilibrium process temperature at which the temperature of the first substrate is stabilized. The example method can further include disposing a second source material and a second substrate in the vacuum chamber at the thermal equilibrium process temperature, evaporating the second source material to be deposited onto a surface of the second substrate, and obtaining the second substrate deposited with the second source material for a target of a downhole neutron generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: James Martin Price, Ali E. Abdou, Zilu Zhou, Jimmy Wayne Anders, Weijun Guo, Lesley Allison Fessler
  • OPTIMIZATION OF A TARGET OF A DOWNHOLE NEUTRON GENERATOR
    Publication number: 20240381522
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for optimizing the performance of a target for a downhole neutron generator. An example method can include disposing a first source material and a first substrate in a vacuum chamber at an initial temperature, evaporating the first source material to be deposited onto a surface of the first substrate, monitoring a temperature of the first substrate during the evaporation of the first source material, and determining a thermal equilibrium process temperature at which the temperature of the first substrate is stabilized. The example method can further include disposing a second source material and a second substrate in the vacuum chamber at the thermal equilibrium process temperature, evaporating the second source material to be deposited onto a surface of the second substrate, and obtaining the second substrate deposited with the second source material for a target of a downhole neutron generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James Martin PRICE, Ali E. Abdou, Zilu Zhou, Jimmy Wayne Anders, Weijun Guo, Lesley Allison Fessler