Patents by Inventor Graham Gaston

Graham Gaston 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).

  • Publication number: 20120092960
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for performing acoustic sensing by utilizing distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) along a length of a conduit, such that the sensing is performed with the functional equivalent of tens, hundreds, or thousands of sensors. Utilizing DAS in this manner may cut down the time in performing acoustic sensing, which, therefore, may make acoustic sensing more practical and cost effective and may enable applications that were previously cost prohibitive with discrete acoustic sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: GRAHAM GASTON, Francis X. Bostick, III, Brian K. Drakeley
  • Publication number: 20070153628
    Abstract: A method and system for acquiring seismic data while conducting drill string operations in a wellbore. The seismic receiver combination set comprises a combination of orthogonal geophones and accelerometers, and an array of hydrophones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Holger Mathiszik, Graham Gaston, Stephen McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20050052949
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for acquiring seismic data while conducting drill string operations in a wellbore. A seismic receiver is conveyed in a drill string to a location of interest; coded seismic signals are generated by a seismic source near a surface location; the coded seismic signals are detected with at least one sensor in the seismic receiver at least one location of interest in the wellbore as the drill string is operated in the wellbore; an arrival time of the detected seismic signal is computed in the seismic receiver; and the detected seismic signals or computed arrival times are stored in the seismic receiver or transferred to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Graham Gaston, Holger Mathiszik, Hans Rehbock