Patents by Inventor Jude Reid

Jude Reid 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: 9453405
    Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure is directed to noise isolation tools that may be used to minimize or even eliminate the detrimental effects that rogue noise events may have on the noise data acquired by a noise logging tool during a noise logging operation. In one illustrative embodiment, a noise isolation tool that is adapted to be used in a noise logging operation is disclosed, the noise isolation tool including, among other things, a body and at least one noise suppression element mounted on the body, the at least one noise suppression element having a substantially circular disc shaped configuration that is adapted to extend radially across at least a portion of a width of an annular space between the body and an inside surface of a wellbore casing during the noise logging operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jude Reid
  • Publication number: 20140238664
    Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure is directed to noise isolation tools that may be used to minimize or even eliminate the detrimental effects that rogue noise events may have on the noise data acquired by a noise logging tool during a noise logging operation. In one illustrative embodiment, a noise isolation tool that is adapted to be used in a noise logging operation is disclosed, the noise isolation tool including, among other things, a body and at least one noise suppression element mounted on the body, the at least one noise suppression element having a substantially circular disc shaped configuration that is adapted to extend radially across at least a portion of a width of an annular space between the body and an inside surface of a wellbore casing during the noise logging operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Jude Reid