Patents by Inventor Derek H. Sleeman

Derek H. Sleeman 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).

  • Case-based drilling knowledge management system
    Patent number: 8036866
    Abstract: A method has been designed for storing drilling knowledge and experience in a highly structured fashion that permits the user to identify drilling cases that meet user-specified criteria and to retrieve the knowledge and experience relating to those cases. In this way the user is able to retrieve the knowledge and experience learned in cases that are analogous to one or more current cases they are studying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Alan Nicholas Flett, Derek H. Sleeman, Alun D. Preece