Patents by Inventor Mathias Menge

Mathias Menge 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION BETWEEN A WELLBORE AND SURFACE
    Publication number: 20090120689
    Abstract: A system, tool and method of communicating data between a wellbore and the surface are provided that include the features of transmitting data from a number of tools in the wellbore to the surface at a first data rate via a communication link in a tubing that supplies fluid under pressure, detecting occurrence of a fault relating to the data communication link is below a threshold, and switching transmission of least some of the data from the tools by generating pressure pulses through the fluid in the tubing at a second data rate that is lower than the first data rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ralf Zaeper, John D. Macpherson, Mathias Menge