Patents by Inventor Melanie Jensen

Melanie Jensen 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: 12123863
    Abstract: Processes and systems for determining asphaltene equilibrium between two or more downhole geographic locations are provided. In some embodiments, the process can include measuring one or more fluid properties of a plurality of fluid samples at varying downhole depths to generate a one or more downhole fluid analysis measurement data points; selecting an asphaltene diameter distribution based on prior knowledge; utilizing the asphaltene diameter distribution to fit a first set of one or more equation of state curves to the one or more downhole fluid analysis measurement data points to define a first model of fitted equation of state curves and to determine one or more posterior distributions of asphaltene diameters; and determining if the varying downhole depths are in an asphaltene equilibrium by determining whether the one or more posterior distributions of asphaltene diameters is consistent with that of asphaltenes in equilibrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Melanie Jensen, Lalitha Venkataramanan, Sandip Bose, Peter Tilke, Oliver C. Mullins, Li Chen, Denise E. Freed
  • Publication number: 20230349881
    Abstract: Processes and systems for determining asphaltene equilibrium between two or more downhole geographic locations are provided. In some embodiments, the process can include measuring one or more fluid properties of a plurality of fluid samples at varying downhole depths to generate a one or more downhole fluid analysis measurement data points; selecting an asphaltene diameter distribution based on prior knowledge; utilizing the asphaltene diameter distribution to fit a first set of one or more equation of state curves to the one or more downhole fluid analysis measurement data points to define a first model of fitted equation of state curves and to determine one or more posterior distributions of asphaltene diameters; and determining if the varying downhole depths are in an asphaltene equilibrium by determining whether the one or more posterior distributions of asphaltene diameters is consistent with that of asphaltenes in equilibrium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Melanie Jensen, Lalitha Venkataramanan, Sandip Bose, Peter Tilke, Oliver C. Mullins, Li Chen, Denise E. Freed
  • Patent number: 7159183
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for programmatically/dynamically creating or editing a graphical program. The ability to programmatically create/edit graphical programs enables applications and tools to automatically create or modify a graphical program or a portion of a graphical program. In the preferred embodiment, any operation which a user may perform while interactively editing a graphical program (e.g., connect two objects, change the position of an object, change the color of an object, etc.) may be performed programmatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Ram Kudukoli, Robert Dye, Melanie Jensen, Yumiko Kawachi
  • Patent number: 5990906
    Abstract: An Undo/Redo feature for a graphical programming system which minimizes the required data storage. The graphical programming system includes a plurality of interconnected objects, including fixed size objects and variable size objects. A variable size object is an object which typically changes in size, i.e., grows or shrinks, in response to user modification, whereas fixed size objects do not change in size. When an object is modified by the user, the method of the present invention stores a backup copy for undo purposes. For modification of an object, the backup is performed differently depending on whether the object is a variable size object or a fixed size object. For a variable size object, the method stores the original object as the previous object in the backup list, and the method stores a copy of the original object as the current object in the backup list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Duncan Hudson, Melanie Jensen, Jeffrey L. Kodosky