Patents by Inventor John Karish

John Karish 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: 4632188
    Abstract: An improvement in a subsea wellhead apparatus that includes the conventional plurality of strings of conduit suspended in a borehole penetrating subterranean formations below the bottom of a sea at which the wellhead apparatus will be placed and the conventional wellhead and accessories disposed above the bottom and the plurality of strings of conduit; the improvement comprising a first communications aperture communicating with a first annular space intermediate a desired pair of conduit strings; a sealed conduit that defines a sealed path of flow for flowing a fluid waste into the annulus intermediate the respective conduit strings; remotely operable high pressure control valves interposed in the conduit for controlling the flow of fluid between the annular spaces and a remote control for controlling the flow control valves so as to route the fluid waste to the first annular space and fractured formation communicating therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company
    Inventors: Frank J. Schuh, John Karish