Patents by Inventor Clive E. Hall

Clive E. Hall 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: 10386320
    Abstract: The present invention, in one set of embodiments, provides methods and systems for integrating conducting diamond electrodes into a high power acoustic resonator. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, in certain embodiments of the present invention, diamond electrodes may be integrated into a high power acoustic resonator to provide a robust sensing device that may provide for acoustic cleaning of the electrodes and increasing the rate of mass transport to the diamond electrodes. The diamond electrodes may be used as working, reference or counter electrodes or a combination of two or more of such electrodes. In certain aspects, the high power acoustic resonator may include an acoustic horn for focusing acoustic energy and the diamond electrodes may be coupled with the acoustic horn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clive E. Hall, Li Jiang, Timothy G. J. Jones, Andrew Meredith, Nathan S. Lawrence, Markus Pagels
  • Publication number: 20140246315
    Abstract: The present invention, in one set of embodiments, provides methods and systems for integrating conducting diamond electrodes into a high power acoustic resonator. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, in certain embodiments of the present invention, diamond electrodes may be integrated into a high power acoustic resonator to provide a robust sensing device that may provide for acoustic cleaning of the electrodes and increasing the rate of mass transport to the diamond electrodes. The diamond electrodes may be used as working, reference or counter electrodes or a combination of two or more of such electrodes. In certain aspects, the high power acoustic resonator may include an acoustic horn for focusing acoustic energy and the diamond electrodes may be coupled with the acoustic horn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: CLIVE E. HALL, LI JIANG, TIMOTHY G. J. JONES, ANDREW MEREDITH, NATHAN S. LAWRENCE, MARKUS PAGELS
  • Publication number: 20100315645
    Abstract: An optical element, which may be part of a system for optical analysis of a material in contact with it, is kept clean by means of the vibrations of a high power acoustic resonator. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, in certain embodiments of the present invention, one or more optical interfacial elements may be integrated with a high power acoustic resonator to provide a robust sensing device that may provide for acoustic cleaning of the optical interfacial elements and/or combining optical and acoustic measurements made by the integrated system for analysis purposes. In certain aspects, the high power acoustic resonator may include an acoustic horn for focusing acoustic energy and the optical interfacial elements may be integrated with the acoustic horn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Clive E. Hall, Li Jiang, Timothy G.J. Jones, Gary J. Tustin
  • Patent number: 7804598
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for integrating optical interfacial elements with a high power acoustic resonator. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, in certain embodiments of the present invention, one or more optical interfacial elements may be integrated with a high power acoustic resonator to provide a robust sensing device that may provide for acoustic cleaning of the optical interfacial elements and/or combining optical and acoustic measurements made by the integrated system for analysis purposes. In certain aspects, the high power acoustic resonator may include an acoustic horn for focusing acoustic energy and the optical interfacial elements may be integrated with the acoustic horn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corportion
    Inventors: Clive E. Hall, Li Jiang, Timothy G. J. Jones, Gary J. Tustin
  • Publication number: 20100163430
    Abstract: The present invention, in one set of embodiments, provides methods and systems for integrating conducting diamond electrodes into a high power acoustic resonator. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, in certain embodiments of the present invention, diamond electrodes may be integrated into a high power acoustic resonator to provide a robust sensing device that may provide for acoustic cleaning of the electrodes and increasing the rate of mass transport to the diamond electrodes. The diamond electrodes may be used as working, reference or counter electrodes or a combination of two or more of such electrodes. In certain aspects, the high power acoustic resonator may include an acoustic horn for focusing acoustic energy and the diamond electrodes may be coupled with the acoustic horn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Clive E. Hall, Li Jiang, Timothy G.J. Jones, Andrew Meredith, Nathan S. Lawrence, Markus Pagels
  • Patent number: 7710000
    Abstract: The present invention, in one set of embodiments, provides methods and systems for integrating conducting diamond electrodes into a high power acoustic resonator. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, in certain embodiments of the present invention, diamond electrodes may be integrated into a high power acoustic resonator to provide a robust sensing device that may provide for acoustic cleaning of the electrodes and increasing the rate of mass transport to the diamond electrodes. The diamond electrodes may be used as working, reference or counter electrodes or a combination of two or more of such electrodes. In certain aspects, the high power acoustic resonator may include an acoustic horn for focusing acoustic energy and the diamond electrodes may be coupled with the acoustic horn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Clive E. Hall, Li Jiang, Timothy G. J. Jones, Andrew Meredith, Nathan S. Lawrence, Markus Pagels
  • Publication number: 20080028858
    Abstract: The present invention, in one set of embodiments, provides methods and systems for integrating conducting diamond electrodes into a high power acoustic resonator. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, in certain embodiments of the present invention, diamond electrodes may be integrated into a high power acoustic resonator to provide a robust sensing device that may provide for acoustic cleaning of the electrodes and increasing the rate of mass transport to the diamond electrodes. The diamond electrodes may be used as working, reference or counter electrodes or a combination of two or more of such electrodes. In certain aspects, the high power acoustic resonator may include an acoustic horn for focusing acoustic energy and the diamond electrodes may be coupled with the acoustic horn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clive E. Hall, Li Jiang, Timothy G.J. Jones, Andrew Meredith, Nathan S. Lawrence, Markus Pagels
  • Publication number: 20080030714
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for integrating optical interfacial elements with a high power acoustic resonator. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, in certain embodiments of the present invention, one or more optical interfacial elements may be integrated with a high power acoustic resonator to provide a robust sensing device that may provide for acoustic cleaning of the optical interfacial elements and/or combining optical and acoustic measurements made by the integrated system for analysis purposes. In certain aspects, the high power acoustic resonator may include an acoustic horn for focusing acoustic energy and the optical interfacial elements may be integrated with the acoustic horn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clive E. Hall, Li Jiang, Timothy G.J. Jones, Gary J. Tustin