Patents by Inventor Michael A. Abrams

Michael A. Abrams 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).

  • Publication number: 20170175523
    Abstract: A method for analyzing total oil in place and fraction that is movable oil in a fine gain rock formation includes monitoring thermal extraction of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon compounds from a sample of a subsurface formation by heating the sample. The heating has a selected initial temperature, and a temperature increase at a selected rate to a final temperature. The extracted hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon compounds are passed through a capillary column to a flame ionization detector. Types of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon compounds and relative fractional amounts of each type thereof are determined from the sample by analyzing a chemical thermogram generated by the flame ionization detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: APACHE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael A. Abrams
  • Patent number: 6338011
    Abstract: In an Integrated Air Traffic Control System, apparatus, method, and software for sharing vehicle telemetry information between a plurality of sensors of different types and a plurality of users of different types utilizes a communications network coupling together the plurality of sensors and the plurality of users. A plurality of sensor processor devices are respectively coupled to the plurality of sensors, each sensor processor device being configured to receive vehicle telemetry information from its associated sensor, and to convert the receive vehicle information into common vehicle data of a type common to the plurality of users. A plurality of user processor devices are respectively coupled to the plurality of users, each user processor device being configured to receive a demand signal from its associated user and to transmit it to said communications network when it determines that its associated user has a predetermined vehicle profile which requires improvement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Solipsys Corporation
    Inventors: David I. Furst, Michael A. Abrams, Robert C. MacKenzie, Eric B. Tissue, Warren I. Citrin