Patents by Inventor Bernd Kurtenbach

Bernd Kurtenbach 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).

  • Representing geological objects specified through time in a spatial geology modeling framework
    Patent number: 8483852
    Abstract: A method can include providing a geological time data structure configured to link objects of a reservoir model to geological times; linking one of the objects of the reservoir model to one of the geological times; generating simulation results for the reservoir model; and, based at least in part on the geological time data structure, outputting at least some of the simulation results along a geological time axis. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Bernd Kurtenbach, Martin Neumaier, Stefan Steden, Nicola Tessen
  • REPRESENTING GEOLOGICAL OBJECTS SPECIFIED THROUGH TIME IN A SPATIAL GEOLOGY MODELING FRAMEWORK
    Publication number: 20130096703
    Abstract: A method can include providing a geological time data structure configured to link objects of a reservoir model to geological times; linking one of the objects of the reservoir model to one of the geological times; generating simulation results for the reservoir model; and, based at least in part on the geological time data structure, outputting at least some of the simulation results along a geological time axis. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Bernd Kurtenbach, Martin Neumaier, Stefan Steden, Nicola Tessen