Patents by Inventor Joshua J. Kaufman

Joshua J. Kaufman 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: 10215019
    Abstract: A method of completing a wellbore system that includes a main wellbore and a lateral wellbore intersecting the main wellbore at a junction is disclosed, wherein in one embodiment the method includes placing a first outer assembly below the junction in the main wellbore and placing a second outer assembly below the junction in the lateral wellbore; placing a first inner assembly in the second outer assembly with a top end thereof below the junction, the top end of the first inner assembly including a first wet connect associated with at least one link in the first inner assembly; and connecting a second wet connect of a string with the first wet connect with a top end of the string having a third wet connect corresponding to the at least one link above the junction in the main wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Carl S. Martin, Colin P. Andrew, Michael H. Johnson, Joshua J. Kaufman, Luis E. Mendez, David E. Schneider, Bryan P. Pendleton
  • Publication number: 20170284191
    Abstract: A method of completing a wellbore system that includes a main wellbore and a lateral wellbore intersecting the main wellbore at a junction is disclosed, wherein in one embodiment the method includes placing a first outer assembly below the junction in the main wellbore and placing a second outer assembly below the junction in the lateral wellbore; placing a first inner assembly in the second outer assembly with a top end thereof below the junction, the top end of the first inner assembly including a first wet connect associated with at least one link in the first inner assembly; and connecting a second wet connect of a string with the first wet connect with a top end of the string having a third wet connect corresponding to the at least one link above the junction in the main wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Carl S. Martin, Colin P. Andrew, Michael H. Johnson, Joshua J. Kaufman, Luis E. Mendez, David E. Schneider, Bryan P. Pendleton
  • Patent number: 9512036
    Abstract: A fiber is provided, including a cladding material that is disposed along a longitudinal-axis fiber length. A plurality of spherical particles are disposed as a sequence along a longitudinal line parallel to the longitudinal fiber axis in at least a portion of the fiber length, and include a spherical particle material that is interior to the fiber cladding material and different than the fiber cladding material. To produce particles, a drawn fiber, having a longitudinal-axis fiber length and including at least one fiber core that has a longitudinal core axis parallel to the longitudinal fiber axis and that is internally disposed to at least one outer fiber cladding layer along the fiber length, is heated for a time that is sufficient to cause a fiber core to break-up into droplets sequentially disposed along the fiber core axis. Fiber cooling solidifies droplets into spherical particles interior to fiber cladding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ayman F. Abouraddy, Esmaeil H. Banaei, Daosheng S. Deng, Yoel Fink, Steven G. Johnson, Joshua J. Kaufman, Xiangdong Liang, Soroush Shabahang, Guangming Tao
  • Publication number: 20160340224
    Abstract: There is provided a fiber including a cladding material that is disposed along a longitudinal-axis fiber length. A plurality of spherical particles are provided, separated from one another and disposed in a longitudinal line parallel to the longitudinal fiber axis. The particles are in a sequence with controlled periodic spacing between particles along at least a portion of the fiber length. Each spherical particle has a spherical particle material that is embedded within and elementally different than the fiber cladding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ayman F. Abouraddy, Esmaeil H. Banaei, Daosheng S. Deng, Yoel Fink, Steven G. Johnson, Joshua J. Kaufman, Xiangdong Liang, Soroush Shabahang, Guangming Tao
  • Publication number: 20160060166
    Abstract: A fiber is provided, including a cladding material that is disposed along a longitudinal-axis fiber length. A plurality of spherical particles are disposed as a sequence along a longitudinal line parallel to the longitudinal fiber axis in at least a portion of the fiber length. Each spherical particle is of a spherical particle material that is interior to and different than the fiber cladding material. The spacing between adjacent spherical particles in the sequence of particles is greater than the spherical particle diameter. Each spherical particle can be provided as a core-shell particle that includes a spherical core that is surrounded by at least one spherical shell. Each spherical particle can be provided with a plurality of azimuthal sections of at least two distinct materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ayman F. Abouraddy, Esmaeil H. Banaei, Daosheng S. Deng, Yoel Fink, Steven G. Johnson, Joshua J. Kaufman, Xiangdong Liang, Soroush Shabahang, Guangming Tao