Patents by Inventor Kevin A. Mendoza

Kevin A. Mendoza 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: 11768307
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to a machine learning based detecting of fracture hits in offset monitoring wells when designing hydraulic fracturing processes for a particular well. In one example, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a set of features for a first well proximate to a second well, the second well undergoing a hydraulic fracturing process for extraction of natural resources from underground formations; inputting the set of features into a trained neural network; and providing, as output of the trained neural network, a probability of a fracture hit at a location associated with the set of features in the first well during a given completion stage of the hydraulic fracturing process in the second well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Ge Jin, Kevin Mendoza, Baishali Roy, Darryl G. Buswell
  • Publication number: 20200309982
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to a machine learning based detecting of fracture hits in offset monitoring wells when designing hydraulic fracturing processes for a particular well. In one example, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a set of features for a first well proximate to a second well, the second well undergoing a hydraulic fracturing process for extraction of natural resources from underground formations; inputting the set of features into a trained neural network; and providing, as output of the trained neural network, a probability of a fracture hit at a location associated with the set of features in the first well during a given completion stage of the hydraulic fracturing process in the second well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Ge Jin, Kevin Mendoza, Baishali Roy, Darryl G. Buswell
  • Patent number: 10551635
    Abstract: A sclera or contact lens with an image of an eye that is fenestrated, or uniformly speckled with many sub-millimeter sized transparent regions or holes, is disclosed. The micro fenestrated contact lens can be worn on a strabismic, or misaligned, eye so that its image is aligned with the wearer's dominant eye. The fenestrations allow the wearer to see through the opaque or translucent image printed on the contact lens, thus allowing binocular vision even though his or her strabismic eye is covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Daniel M. Schwartz, Scott E. Fraser, Morteza Gharib, Sean A. Mendoza, Kevin A. Mendoza, Nicholas T. Rinella
  • Publication number: 20180239168
    Abstract: A sclera or contact lens with an image of an eye that is fenestrated, or uniformly speckled with many sub-millimeter sized transparent regions or holes, is disclosed. The micro fenestrated contact lens can be worn on a strabismic, or misaligned, eye so that its image is aligned with the wearer's dominant eye. The fenestrations allow the wearer to see through the opaque or translucent image printed on the contact lens, thus allowing binocular vision even though his or her strabismic eye is covered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel M. Schwartz, Scott E. Fraser, Morteza Gharib, Sean A. Mendoza, Kevin A. Mendoza, Nicholas T. Rinella