Patents by Inventor Mark Meadows

Mark Meadows 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: 11150371
    Abstract: A method is described for seismic imaging including determination of reservoir stresses. The method may include the use of elastic full waveform inversion (FWI), 3rd-order elasticity, and finite-difference strain calculations. The method may be executed by a computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Uwe K. Albertin, Joseph P. Stefani, Andrey H. Shabelansky, Mark A. Meadows
  • Publication number: 20190086568
    Abstract: A method is described for seismic imaging including determination of reservoir stresses. The method may include the use of elastic full waveform inversion (FWI), 3rd-order elasticity, and finite-difference strain calculations. The method may be executed by a computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Uwe K. Albertin, Joseph P. Stefani, Andrey H. Shabelansky, Mark A. Meadows
  • Patent number: 9952341
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and mediums may implement obtaining baseline traces of a baseline seismic survey and monitor traces of a monitor seismic survey; employing a computer to align the monitor traces to corresponding baseline traces using an error function having a phase-based component, thereby obtaining an aligned monitor survey; generating with the computer a comparison of the aligned monitor survey to the baseline seismic survey; and using the comparison of the aligned monitor survey to the baseline seismic survey to determine a change in the subterranean hydrocarbon producing reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Holschuh, Chang Li, Mark A. Meadows, Steven Dobbs
  • Publication number: 20160161619
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and mediums may implement obtaining baseline traces of a baseline seismic survey and monitor traces of a monitor seismic survey; employing a computer to align the monitor traces to corresponding baseline traces using an error function having a phase-based component, thereby obtaining an aligned monitor survey; generating with the computer a comparison of the aligned monitor survey to the baseline seismic survey; and using the comparison of the aligned monitor survey to the baseline seismic survey to determine a change in the subterranean hydrocarbon producing reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Holschuh, Chang Li, Mark A. Meadows, Steven Dobbs
  • Patent number: 8195630
    Abstract: What is provided is a spatially-enabled content management system in which unstructured information is data mined for location or spatial references, with the search query including not only the spatial reference that has been provided by the data mining but also other search query terms, thus to provide an analyst with rapid geo-searching for unstructured information management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Ellis, Michael T. Hornbeek, Mark Meadows
  • Publication number: 20090112812
    Abstract: What is provided is a spatially-enabled content management system in which unstructured information is data mined for location or spatial references, with the search query including not only the spatial reference that has been provided by the data mining but also other search query terms, thus to provide an analyst with rapid geo-searching for unstructured information management
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: John R. Ellis, Michael T. Hornbeek, Mark Meadows
  • Patent number: 7027354
    Abstract: Representative embodiments provide for a computer including a program code configured to cause a processor to invert and thereafter calibrate first and second data sets, subtract the inverted second data set from the inverted first data set to derive a time-lapse data set, calculate a model including a plurality of parametric values, sort the plurality of parametric values into a plurality of bins, select, map and calibrate a plurality of optimal parametric values from the plurality of bins, and plot the plurality of calibrated optimal parametric values to represent at least one physical characteristic of a subterranean reservoir of hydrocarbons. The method includes deriving a time-lapse data set from a first seismic data set and a second seismic data set, deriving a model, sorting the plurality of values into bins, selecting, mapping and calibrating a plurality of optimal values from the bins, and plotting the calibrated values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: 4th Wave Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Cole, David E. Lumley, Mark A. Meadows
  • Publication number: 20050271531
    Abstract: Oral care devices are provided that include a pumping assembly for dispensing a fluid, e.g., a dentifrice, from the oral care device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: William Brown, Alexander Chenvainu, Thomas Christman, Karen Claire-Zimmet, Mark Farrell, Marks Meadows, Marc Ortins
  • Publication number: 20050073910
    Abstract: Representative embodiments provide for a computer including a program code configured to cause a processor to invert and thereafter calibrate first and second data sets, subtract the inverted second data set from the inverted first data set to derive a time-lapse data set, calculate a model including a plurality of parametric values, sort the plurality of parametric values into a plurality of bins, select, map and calibrate a plurality of optimal parametric values from the plurality of bins, and plot the plurality of calibrated optimal parametric values to represent at least one physical characteristic of a subterranean reservoir of hydrocarbons. The method includes deriving a time-lapse data set from a first seismic data set and a second seismic data set, deriving a model, sorting the plurality of values into bins, selecting, mapping and calibrating a plurality of optimal values from the bins, and plotting the calibrated values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Stephen Cole, David Lumley, Mark Meadows