Patents by Inventor Daniel Lee Bour

Daniel Lee Bour 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).

  • RELEASING ACTIVATORS DURING WELLBORE OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20130126164
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method for reducing material loss includes adding, to a downhole fluid circulated through a drill string, encapsulants encapsulating one or more activators. One or more parameters in a wellbore associated with a fault in operating conditions are determined. One or more energy waves in the downhole fluid configured to release the one or more activators from the encapsulants are emitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Ronald Sweatman, Daniel Lee Bour, Carl Thaemlitz, Gregory Perez