Patents by Inventor Joshua D. Ulla

Joshua D. Ulla 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 using measurements taken while drilling cement to obtain absolute values of mechanical rock properties along a borehole
    Patent number: 11280185
    Abstract: An innovative apparatus and computer implemented methods to obtain values for a set of scalars corresponding to each force and displacement, which may be obtained from acoustical signals captured by sensors of a drill bit while drilling, in a material of known mechanical properties, such as a cement from casing the well, such that the application and use of the scalars in relation to measurements of the mechanics while drilling, such as the acceleration of the bit and motion of the bit captured by sensors such as accelerometers, allow for absolute values of mechanical rock properties to be obtained in rock formations, being drilled through, with otherwise unknown mechanical properties prior to drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lakings, Jeffrey A. Godwin, Jesse B. Havens, Joshua D. Ulla
  • Apparatus and method using measurements taken while drilling cement to obtain absolute values of mechanical rock properties along a borehole
    Patent number: 10544673
    Abstract: An innovative apparatus and computer implemented methods to obtain values for a set of scalars corresponding to each force and displacement, which may be obtained from acoustical signals captured by sensors of a drill bit while drilling, in a material of known mechanical properties, such as a cement from casing the well, such that the application and use of the scalars in relation to measurements of the mechanics while drilling, such as the acceleration of the bit and motion of the bit captured by sensors such as accelerometers, allow for absolute values of mechanical rock properties to be obtained in rock formations, being drilled through, with otherwise unknown mechanical properties prior to drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lakings, Jeffrey A. Godwin, Jesse B. Havens, Joshua D. Ulla
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD USING MEASUREMENTS TAKEN WHILE DRILLING CEMENT TO OBTAIN ABSOLUTE VALUES OF MECHANICAL ROCK PROPERTIES ALONG A BOREHOLE
    Publication number: 20180106147
    Abstract: An innovative apparatus and computer implemented methods to obtain values for a set of scalars corresponding to each force and displacement, which may be obtained from acoustical signals captured by sensors of a drill bit while drilling, in a material of known mechanical properties, such as a cement from casing the well, such that the application and use of the scalars in relation to measurements of the mechanics while drilling, such as the acceleration of the bit and motion of the bit captured by sensors such as accelerometers, allow for absolute values of mechanical rock properties to be obtained in rock formations, being drilled through, with otherwise unknown mechanical properties prior to drilling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lakings, Jeffrey A. Godwin, Jesse B. Havens, Joshua D. Ulla
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD USING MEASUREMENTS TAKEN WHILE DRILLING CEMENT TO OBTAIN ABSOLUTE VALUES OF MECHANICAL ROCK PROPERTIES ALONG A BOREHOLE
    Publication number: 20170275989
    Abstract: An innovative apparatus and computer implemented methods to obtain values for a set of scalars corresponding to each force and displacement, which may be obtained from acoustical signals captured by sensors of a drill bit while drilling, in a material of known mechanical properties, such as a cement from casing the well, such that the application and use of the scalars in relation to measurements of the mechanics while drilling, such as the acceleration of the bit and motion of the bit captured by sensors such as accelerometers, allow for absolute values of mechanical rock properties to be obtained in rock formations, being drilled through, with otherwise unknown mechanical properties prior to drilling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lakings, Jeffrey A. Godwin, Jesse B. Havens, Joshua D. Ulla