Patents by Inventor Kaitlyn C. Mascher-Mace

Kaitlyn C. Mascher-Mace 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).

  • Sand pack and gravel pack acoustic evaluation method and system
    Patent number: 11249211
    Abstract: A method for characterizing a sand-pack or gravel-pack in a subsurface formation includes inducing a pressure change to induce tube waves in fluid in a well drilled through the subsurface formation. At a location proximate to a wellhead at least one of pressure and a time derivative of pressure in the well is measured for a selected length of time. At least one of a physical parameter and a change in the physical parameter with respect to time, of the sand-pack or gravel-pack, is determined using the measured pressure and/or the time derivative of pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Seismos Inc.
    Inventors: Jakub Felkl, Richard Coates, Junwei Zhang, Panagiotis Adamopoulos, Kaitlyn C. Mascher-Mace
  • METHOD FOR EVALUATING AND MONITORING FORMATION FRACTURE TREATMENT USING FLUID PRESSURE WAVES
    Publication number: 20200109627
    Abstract: A method for characterizing a hydraulic fracture in a subsurface formation includes inducing a pressure change in a well drilled through the subsurface formation. At least one of pressure and pressure time derivative are measured in or at a location proximate to a wellhead for a selected length of time. At least one of a physical parameter, a time derivative, and a change in the parameter with respect to time of the physical parameter of at least one fracture is determined using the measured at least one of pressure and the time derivative of pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jakub Felkl, Youli Quan, Junwei Zhang, Kaitlyn C. Mascher-Mace, Panagiotis Adamopoulos
  • SAND PACK AND GRAVEL PACK ACOUSTIC EVALUATION METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200072997
    Abstract: A method for characterizing a sand-pack or gravel-pack in a subsurface formation includes inducing a pressure change to induce tube waves in fluid in a well drilled through the subsurface formation. At a location proximate to a wellhead at least one of pressure and a time derivative of pressure in the well is measured for a selected length of time. At least one of a physical parameter and a change in the physical parameter with respect to time, of the sand-pack or gravel-pack, is determined using the measured pressure and/or the time derivative of pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Jakub Felkl, Richard Coates, Junwei Zhang, Panagiotis Adamopoulos, Kaitlyn C. Mascher-Mace