Patents by Inventor James J. Smolen

James J. Smolen 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: 3954006
    Abstract: In the several representative embodiments of the new and improved methods disclosed herein, a cable-suspended spinner-type flowmeter is successively lowered and raised at selected speeds in a well bore containing one or more flowing fluids whose velocity or flow rate are to be determined. In one manner of practicing the invention, the flowmeter is passed back and forth through a lower static well bore interval for establishing the response of the tool at zero flow rates. In this way the output measurements obtained from the runs through the higher or dynamic intervals can be uniquely correlated for accurately determining the velocity and flow rate of the well bore fluids in each dynamic interval independently of differences in fluid viscosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald A. Anderson, James J. Smolen