Patents by Inventor George W. Niemann

George W. Niemann 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: 11053785
    Abstract: A method of increasing a permeability of a strata includes positioning an electromagnetic tool at a first location of the strata, generating a first time-varying magnetic field using the electromagnetic tool, and applying a first time-varying magnetic force to a first magnetic material of the strata using the first time-varying magnetic field, where the strata includes a first plurality of pores. The method further includes fracturing the strata to increase the permeability of the strata proximate the first location using the first time-varying magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: George W. Niemann
  • Publication number: 20190345806
    Abstract: A method of increasing a permeability of a strata includes positioning an electromagnetic tool at a first location of the strata, generating a first time-varying magnetic field using the electromagnetic tool, and applying a first time-varying magnetic force to a first magnetic material of the strata using the first time-varying magnetic field, where the strata includes a first plurality of pores. The method further includes fracturing the strata to increase the permeability of the strata proximate the first location using the first time-varying magnetic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: George W. Niemann
  • Patent number: 10400566
    Abstract: A method of increasing a permeability of a strata includes positioning an electromagnetic tool at a first location of the strata, generating a first time-varying magnetic field using the electromagnetic tool, and applying a first time-varying magnetic force to a first magnetic material of the strata using the first time-varying magnetic field, where the strata includes a first plurality of pores. The method further includes fracturing the strata to increase the permeability of the strata proximate the first location using the first time-varying magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventor: George W. Niemann
  • Publication number: 20170321529
    Abstract: A method of increasing a permeability of a strata includes positioning an electromagnetic tool at a first location of the strata, generating a first time-varying magnetic field using the electromagnetic tool, and applying a first time-varying magnetic force to a first magnetic material of the strata using the first time-varying magnetic field, where the strata includes a first plurality of pores. The method further includes fracturing the strata to increase the permeability of the strata proximate the first location using the first time-varying magnetic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: George W. Niemann
  • Patent number: 9745839
    Abstract: A method of increasing a permeability of a strata includes positioning an electromagnetic tool at a first location of the strata, generating a first time-varying magnetic field using the electromagnetic tool, and applying a first time-varying magnetic force to a first magnetic material of the strata using the first time-varying magnetic field, where the strata includes a first plurality of pores. The method further includes fracturing the strata to increase the permeability of the strata proximate the first location using the first time-varying magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: George W. Niemann
  • Publication number: 20170122087
    Abstract: A method of increasing a permeability of a strata includes positioning an electromagnetic tool at a first location of the strata, generating a first time-varying magnetic field using the electromagnetic tool, and applying a first time-varying magnetic force to a first magnetic material of the strata using the first time-varying magnetic field, where the strata includes a first plurality of pores. The method further includes fracturing the strata to increase the permeability of the strata proximate the first location using the first time-varying magnetic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: George W. Niemann
  • Patent number: 4302818
    Abstract: A micro-vector processor has an input and output section, a supervisor section, a vector unit section, and a memory common to all of the sections and accessible by each. The signals to be processed are supplied by the input section in digital form to the data memory unit. The supervisor section is programmable and acts as the overall micro vector processor control processor. The supervisor unit sets up, starts, and monitors the actual signal processor, the vector unit. The supervisor orders the vector unit to go to a reserve location in the data memory unit where it finds the beginning address of a command-parameter list (CPL) previously loaded into data memory by the supervisor unit, containing the name of, and the parameters for, the utility algorithm which the vector unit is to execute. The algorithms that the vector unit performs are contained in the form of micro instructions in a read-only memory (ROM) which controls the operation of the vector unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: George W. Niemann