Patents by Inventor John B. Elmer

John B. Elmer 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).

  • Formation testing instrument having extensible housing
    Patent number: 6655458
    Abstract: A well logging instrument is disclosed which includes a housing operatively coupled to a well logging conveyance and movable within the wellbore. The housing has therein a formation testing system and an axial extension mechanism. The axial extension mechanism controllably extends and retracts to allow the formation testing system to perform tests and take samples in an axially fixed position in the wellbore while the housing moves through the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew L. Kurkjian, John B. Elmer, William B. Underhill
  • Formation testing instrument having extensible housing
    Publication number: 20030085035
    Abstract: A well logging instrument is disclosed which includes a housing operatively coupled to a well logging conveyance and movable within the wellbore. The housing has therein a formation testing system and an axial extension mechanism. The axial extension mechanism controllably extends and retracts to allow the formation testing system to perform tests and take samples in an axially fixed position in the wellbore while the housing moves through the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Andrew L. Kurkjian, John B. Elmer, William B. Underhill
  • Internet adaptive discrete choice modeling
    Publication number: 20020004739
    Abstract: Embodiments of our invention relate generally to determination of consumer preferences using a computer network, which may include the internet. More specifically, embodiments of this invention relate to adaptive discrete choice modeling via the Internet utilizing either wired or wireless means of interaction between two or more parties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: John B. Elmer, D. T. Taylor