Patents by Inventor Kim Ann Noren

Kim Ann Noren 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).

  • Downhole tools and methods of controllably disintegrating the tools
    Patent number: 10677008
    Abstract: A method of controllably disintegrating a downhole article comprises disposing a first article in a downhole environment, the first article being the downhole article to be disintegrated; disposing a second article in the downhole environment after the first article is disposed, the second article carrying a device, a chemical, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and disintegrating the first article with the device, chemical, or the combination comprising at least one of the foregoing from the second article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: YingQing Xu, Zhihui Zhang, Rajani Satti, Levi Oberg, Derek Shelby Bale, Kim Ann Noren, Dawne Doxey
  • DOWNHOLE TOOLS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLABLY DISINTEGRATING THE TOOLS
    Publication number: 20180252063
    Abstract: A method of controllably disintegrating a downhole article comprises disposing a first article in a downhole environment, the first article being the downhole article to be disintegrated; disposing a second article in the downhole environment after the first article is disposed, the second article carrying a device, a chemical, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and disintegrating the first article with the device, chemical, or the combination comprising at least one of the foregoing from the second article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: YingQing Xu, Zhihui Zhang, Rajani Satti, Levi Oberg, Derek Shelby Bale, Kim Ann Noren, Dawne Doxey