Patents by Inventor James H. Macquaker

James H. Macquaker 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).

  • Microanalysis of fine grained rock for reservoir quality analysis
    Patent number: 11460462
    Abstract: A method of analyzing a rock sample includes analyzing one or more large-area, low-resolution micrographs to identify areas requiring higher-resolution imaging, and selecting one or more analysis regions from the areas requiring higher-resolution imaging. Multi-spectral imaging is used on the one or more analysis regions to obtain one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images, and one or more features of the rock sample are identified from the corresponding one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images. The method further includes upscaling the one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images and thereby geo-locating the features of the rock sample to key regions of the rock sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Hubert E. King, Jr., Michael G. Myers, William A. Lamberti, Antonio S. Buono, James H. Macquaker
  • Microanalysis of Fine Grained Rock for Reservoir Quality Analysis
    Publication number: 20200132657
    Abstract: A method of analyzing a rock sample includes analyzing one or more large-area, low-resolution micrographs to identify areas requiring higher-resolution imaging, and selecting one or more analysis regions from the areas requiring higher-resolution imaging. Multi-spectral imaging is used on the one or more analysis regions to obtain one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images, and one or more features of the rock sample are identified from the corresponding one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images. The method further includes upscaling the one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images and thereby geo-locating the features of the rock sample to key regions of the rock sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hubert E. King, JR., Michael G. Myers, William A. Lamberti, Antonio S. Buono, James H. Macquaker