Patents by Inventor Dominque Guillot

Dominque Guillot 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).

  • Mechanical tube wave sources and methods of use for liquid filled boreholes
    Patent number: 9453404
    Abstract: The current application discloses methods and systems for generating mechanical tube waves in fluid filled boreholes penetrating subterranean formations. In one embodiment, the system of the current application comprises an energy storage chamber; a fast operating valve connected to the energy storage chamber; a pipe connected to the valve and extending to the liquid-filled borehole; wherein the energy storage chamber contains a first pressure that is substantially different from a second pressure in the pipe so that a fast operation of the valve generates a tube wave in the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rod Shampine, Philip F. Sullivan, Douglas E. Miller, Dominque Guillot, Francois M. Auzerais, Richard T. Coates
  • MECHANICAL TUBE WAVE SOURCES AND METHODS OF USE FOR LIQUID FILLED BOREHOLES
    Publication number: 20110267922
    Abstract: The current application discloses methods and systems for generating mechanical tube waves in fluid filled boreholes penetrating subterranean formations. In one embodiment, the system of the current application comprises an energy storage chamber; a fast operating valve connected to the energy storage chamber; a pipe connected to the valve and extending to the liquid-filled borehole; where said energy storage chamber contains a first pressure that is substantially different from a second pressure in the pipe so that a fast operation of the valve generates a tube wave in the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Rod Shampine, Philip F. Sullivan, Douglas E. Miller, Dominque Guillot, Francois M. Auzerais, Richard T. Coates