Patents by Inventor Mark Kuck

Mark Kuck 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: 6766859
    Abstract: Wellbore apparatus has been invented which, in at least certain aspects, includes a wellbore apparatus having a tubular member with a top end, a bottom end, a hollow portion, and a window therethrough, a sleeve positioned within the hollow portion of the tubular member, the sleeve having a top end and a bottom end, a diverter apparatus within or outside the tubular member and, optionally, below the bottom end of the sleeve, the sleeve movable so that the diverter, and the diverter directs the sleeve to the window and through the window into a bore extending beyond the window, and the window having an edge therearound to which the top end of the sleeve is weldable to sealingly secure the sleeve at the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Haugen, Mark Kuck
  • Patent number: 6070665
    Abstract: Wellbore liner apparatus has been invented which, in one aspect, includes at least one tubular member for lining at least part of a lateral wellbore extending from a primary wellbore in the earth, at least one coupling bushing connected to the at least one tubular member and disposed in the primary wellbore, the coupling bushing having a bore therethrough from a top to a bottom thereof. In one aspect, the wellbore liner apparatus has two coupling bushings and a first tubular member and a second tubular member, the first tubular member secured to and extending down from the first coupling bushing to the second coupling bushing which is secured thereto, the second tubular member secured to and extending down from the second coupling bushing, with part of the second tubular member lining the lateral wellbore. Such systems are combinable with a wellbore milling system so that communication between the primary wellbore and the interior of the liner may be reestablished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Teme Singleton, Andrew Berry, John D. Roberts, William Spielman, David M. Haugen, Thomas D. Bailey, William A. Blizzard, Mark Kuck, Guy L. McClung