Patents by Inventor Jacobo R. Archuleta

Jacobo R. Archuleta 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).

  • Apparatus and method for downhole injection of radioactive tracer
    Patent number: 4421982
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to downhole injection of radioactive .sup.82 Br and monitoring its progress through fractured structure to determine the nature thereof. An ampule containing granular .sup.82 Br is remotely crushed and water is repeatedly flushed through it to cleanse the instrument as well as inject the .sup.82 Br into surrounding fractured strata. A sensor in a remote borehole reads progress of the radioactive material through fractured structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1983
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Robert M. Potter, Jacobo R. Archuleta, Conrad F. Fink