Patents by Inventor David Joseph Holcomb

David Joseph Holcomb 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).

  • Disposable telemetry cable deployment system
    Patent number: 6041872
    Abstract: A disposable telemetry cable deployment system for facilitating information retrieval while drilling a well includes a cable spool adapted for insertion into a drill string and an unarmored fiber optic cable spooled onto the spool cable and having a downhole end and a stinger end. Connected to the cable spool is a rigid stinger which extends through a kelly of the drilling apparatus. A data transmission device for transmitting data to a data acquisition system is disposed either within or on the upper end of the rigid stinger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Gas Research Institute
    Inventor: David Joseph Holcomb