Patents by Inventor David Charles Newall Pratt

David Charles Newall Pratt 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: 7692429
    Abstract: A detector for underwater electromagnetic surveying is described. The detector comprises first, second, third and fourth electrodes which are arranged to define first, second and third electric dipole antennae extending between pairs of the electrodes. Each dipole antennae extends between a pair of the electrodes and the fourth electrode is common to all three dipole antennae. Thus the first electrode is separated from the fourth electrode along a first direction to provide the first dipole antenna, the second electrode is separated from the fourth electrode along a second direction to provide the second dipole antenna, and the third electrode is separated from the fourth electrode along a third direction to provide the third dipole antenna. The electrodes are arranged so that the first, second and third directions are inclined at an angle of between 20 and 70 degrees to a surface on which the detector rests when in normal use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: OHM Limited
    Inventors: Lucy MacGregor, David Charles Newall Pratt, Jonathan Harvey Nicholls, Martin C. Sinha
  • Publication number: 20080309346
    Abstract: A detector for underwater electromagnetic surveying is described. The detector comprises first, second, third and fourth electrodes which are arranged to define first, second and third electric dipole antennae extending between pairs of the electrodes. Each dipole antennae extends between a pair of the electrodes and the fourth electrode is common to all three dipole antennae. Thus the first electrode is separated from the fourth electrode along a first direction to provide the first dipole antenna, the second electrode is separated from the fourth electrode along a second direction to provide the second dipole antenna, and the third electrode is separated from the fourth electrode along a third direction to provide the third dipole antenna. The electrodes are arranged so that the first, second and third directions are inclined at an angle of between 20 and 70 degrees to a surface on which the detector rests when in normal use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: OHM LIMITED
    Inventors: Lucy MacGREGOR, David Charles Newall PRATT, Jonathan Harvey NICHOLLS, Martin C. SINHA