Patents by Inventor Eric NOLTE

Eric NOLTE 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).

  • Complex pore geometry modeling by continuously varying inclusions (CI) method for elastic parameter prediction using inclusion models
    Patent number: 10191166
    Abstract: Predicting elastic parameters of a subsurface includes modelling changes in the shear modulus and changes in the bulk modulus of the subsurface as a combination of a host medium shear modulus and host medium bulk modulus and a plurality of inclusion shear moduli and inclusion bulk moduli. Each inclusion shear modulus and inclusion bulk modulus associated with a unique inclusion geometry. An inclusion-based rock physical model is used to solve the models for changes in shear modulus and changes in bulk modulus to predict an effective shear modulus of the subsurface and an effective bulk modulus of the subsurface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: CGG SERVICES SAS
    Inventors: Eric Nolte, Reza Saberi
  • COMPLEX PORE GEOMETRY MODELING BY CONTINUOUSLY VARYING INCLUSIONS (CI) METHOD FOR ELASTIC PARAMETER PREDICTION USING INCLUSION MODELS
    Publication number: 20170219728
    Abstract: Predicting elastic parameters of a subsurface includes modelling changes in the shear modulus and changes in the bulk modulus of the subsurface as a combination of a host medium shear modulus and host medium bulk modulus and a plurality of inclusion shear moduli and inclusion bulk moduli. Each inclusion shear modulus and inclusion bulk modulus associated with a unique inclusion geometry. An inclusion-based rock physical model is used to solve the models for changes in shear modulus and changes in bulk modulus to predict an effective shear modulus of the subsurface and an effective bulk modulus of the subsurface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Eric NOLTE, Reza SABERI