Patents by Inventor Michael A. Jones

Michael A. Jones 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: 20240060415
    Abstract: A method and system for performing a pressure test. The method may include inserting a formation testing tool into a wellbore to a first location within the wellbore based at least in part on a figure of merit. The formation testing tool may include at least one probe, a pump disposed within the formation testing tool and connect to the at least one probe by at least one probe channel and at least one fluid passageway, and at least one stabilizer disposed on the formation testing tool. The method may further include activating the at least one stabilizer, wherein the at least one stabilizer is activated into a surface of the wellbore and performing the pressure test and determining at least one formation property from the pressure test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Bin Dai, James M. Price, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom, Darren George Gascooke
  • Patent number: 11905830
    Abstract: A system and method for a fluid sampling tool. The fluid sampling tool may include a probe section. The probe section may include one or more probes, one or more stabilizers, and a housing that houses a bi directional piston pump. The method may include disposing a fluid sampling tool into a wellbore at a first depth, pressing the one or more probes into a surface of the wellbore, drawing a reservoir fluid from the wellbore through the one or more probes, placing the reservoir fluid into the housing, isolating the housing from the one or more modules of the fluid sampling tool with one or more shut in valves, depressurizing the housing with the bi directional piston pump, and measuring the asphaltene precipitation of the reservoir fluid within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohin Naveena-Chandran, Syed Muhammad Farrukh Hamza, Gibran Mushtaq Hashmi, Jason A. Rogers, Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman VanZuilekom
  • Publication number: 20240052307
    Abstract: In one aspect, this invention relates to a bioactive implant comprising an electrode array; and a source of neurotrophins coupled with the electrode array for generating a neurotrophin concentration gradient that facilitates a neuro-regenerative nexus (NRN) for survival, neuronal differentiation toward spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs), and directed neurite extension of human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived SGNs. The invention in another aspect also relates to a method for realization of the NRN in conjunction with an implant, comprising coupling a source of neurotrophins with the electrode array to generate a neurotrophin concentration gradient that facilitates the NRN for survival, neuronal differentiation toward SGNs, and directed neurite extension of hPSC-derived SGNs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Akihiro J. Matsuoka, Kevin Tomy Nella, Michael Jones
  • Publication number: 20240054101
    Abstract: A method includes receiving first material property data for a first material in one or more second materials, detecting material sensor data from at least one sensor, and applying an inverse model and a forward model to the first material property data to provide, at least in part, synthetic sensor measurement data for the one or more second materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Dingding Chen, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Jing Shen, Anthony Van Zuilekom
  • Patent number: 11899692
    Abstract: Aspects and features relate to computationally reducing the size or complexity of a database in order to improve the speed and efficiency with which such a database is processed by a computing system in order to identify investigators for clinical trials. In some aspects, a processing device performs operations including identifying data sources for geographically clustered data containing corresponding descriptors for database records. The operations further include formatting the corresponding descriptors to produce standardized, corresponding descriptors, and matching each standardized, corresponding descriptor to produce a record score for the descriptor. The record scores can be combined to produce an overall score for each database record and the database record can be selected and written to the data store based on the overall score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Jones, Michelle Lsl Jones, Michael Brian Garcia, Elizabeth Martina Marshallsay, Rachael Haig
  • Publication number: 20240044248
    Abstract: A method and system for determining fluid contamination. The method may comprise monitoring a fluid sample, wherein the fluid sample comprises a reservoir fluid contaminated with a well fluid, and obtaining input parameters, wherein the input parameters comprise fluid properties obtained from measurement of the fluid sample and mud filtrate composition. The method may further comprise representing a mud composition as a Gaussian distribution, selecting a plurality of input data during a pumpout, determining calculated fluid properties of the reservoir fluid using an equation of state filtrate analysis, and further obtaining updated values of iterative parameters for use in a mole fraction distribution function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehdi Ali Pour Kallehbasti, Christopher Michael Jones, Bin Dai, Peter Ojo Olapade
  • Patent number: 11889892
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20240035158
    Abstract: A coating system for coating, with a surface coating process, an interior surface of a housing defining an interior volume, having: a first closure and a second closure to sealingly engage with the housing; one or more first flow lines and second flow lines fluidically coupled to the first and second closure, respectively; a pressurized cell comprising a pressurized gas comprising at least one reactant and at a pressure of greater than a pressure within the housing, wherein the pressurized cell is fluidically coupled to a pressurized cell line comprising one of the first flow lines or second flow lines; and a controller in electronic communication with the pressurized cell and configured to control injection of a pulse of the pressurized gas into a flow of inert gas in the pressurized cell line, whereby the pulse is introduced into the interior volume, coating the interior surface with a coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, William Soltmann, James Martin Price
  • Publication number: 20240035150
    Abstract: A coating system for coating an interior surface of a housing comprising: first and second closures engaging first and second ends, respectively, of the housing to provide an enclosed volume; first and second flow lines coupled to the first and second closures, respectively, the first flow line and/or the second flow line connected to an inert gas source; a reactant gas source(s) comprising a reactant gas and coupled to the first and/or second flow line; and a controller in electronic communication with the reactant gas and inert gas sources, and configured to control flow of inert gas into the enclosed volume, and counter current injection of reactant gas from the reactant gas source(s) into the enclosed volume whereby introduction of pulse(s) of the reactant gas into the enclosed volume are separated by introduction of inert gas into the enclosed volume, and coating layer(s) are deposited on the interior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, William Soltmann, James Martin Price, Jian Li
  • Patent number: 11887467
    Abstract: A method, system, device, or apparatus for notifying a device of a greater number of safety events associated with the first user. The method includes retrieving safety events associated with a first user of a first electronic device and determining a frequency of safety events. The method includes retrieving safety events associated with a second user of a second electronic device and determining a frequency of safety events. The method includes comparing the frequency of safety events associated with the first user and the number of safety events associated with the second user and determining that there is a greater frequency of safety events associated with the first user than with the second user for the period of time. The method includes determining a cause of the greater frequency of safety events associated with the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Tula Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee, Michael Jones, Federico Calero, Trevor Calero, Devin Miller, David Miller
  • Publication number: 20240026779
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for configuring links or switches that connect analog circuit elements. These analog circuit elements may be connected to a plurality of sensors that may sense different types of data. For example, these sensors may sense acoustic data, electromagnetic (EM) data, temperature, pressure, and possibly other metrics that may be located in a wellbore of an oil or gas well. These analog circuits may be configured as needed (e.g., on-the-fly) to perform optimized types of computations that may include the solving of differential equations. Examples of analog circuits that may be incorporated into a sensing system include yet are not limited to operational amplifier circuits or memcomputing devices, other components, or combinations thereof. Configured analog circuits may be coupled to digital electronics that perform other functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael JONES, Xiang WU, Imran Sharif VEHRA
  • Publication number: 20240014022
    Abstract: An ion source (30) for a static gas mass spectrometer is described. The ion source (30) comprises: a source block (310) defining a volume V to receive a sample gas G; an electron source (320) in fluid communication with the source block (310) and configured to provide a flux of electrons E therein for ionising the sample gas G; a set of electrodes (330), including a first electrode (330A), disposed between the electron source (320) and the source block (310); and a controller (not shown) configured to control a voltage applied to the first electrode (330A) to attenuate the flux of the electrons E into the source block (310) during a first time period following receiving of the sample gas G in the source block (310) and to permit the flux of the electrons E into the source block (310) during a second time period following the first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Damian Paul TOOTELL, Anthony Michael JONES
  • Publication number: 20240011394
    Abstract: The disclosure presents processes to determine a first formation fluid-second formation fluid boundary from one side of the boundary utilizing a formation tester tool. For example, the formation tester can be utilized in a borehole to determine an engagement point with a subterranean formation and determine one or more, or a combination of, injectable fluids to inject into the subterranean formation. Sensors coupled to the formation tester can measure the rebound pressure of the injected fluids. In some aspects, the fluid density of the collected fluid can be measured. The measured pressure changes and other collected data, can be utilized to determine a first formation fluid-second formation fluid boundary parameter. Other characteristic parameters can also be determined such as wettability parameters, porosity parameters, and capillary effects parameters. The formation tester can collect a core sample and an analyzation of the core sample can be utilized to determine the characteristic parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Mehdi Ali Pour Kallehbasti, Anthony Herman VanZuilekom, Darren George Gascooke
  • Publication number: 20240013062
    Abstract: A cross-modality knowledge transfer system is provided for adapting one or more source model networks to one or more target model networks. The system is configured to perform steps of providing the TI paired datasets through the source feature encoders of the one or more source model networks, extracting TI source features and TI source moments from the TI paired data by the BN layers of the one or more source model networks, providing the TI paired datasets and the unlabeled TR datasets through the one or more target model networks to extract TI target features and TR target moments, training jointly all the feature encoders of the one or more target model networks by matching the extracted TI target features and TR target moments with the TI source features and TI source moments along with mixing weights, and forming a final target model network by combining the trained one or more target model networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Suhas Lohit, Sk Miraj Ahmed, Kuan Chuan Peng, Michael Jones
  • Publication number: 20240011396
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a fluid sample. The method may comprise disposing a fluid sampling tool into a wellbore. The fluid sampling tool may comprise at least one probe configured to fluidly connect the fluid sampling tool to a formation in the wellbore and at least one passageway that passes through the at least one probe and into the fluid sampling tool. The method may further comprise drawing a wellbore fluid as a fluid sample through the at least one probe and through the at least one passageway, obtaining a fluid measurement of the fluid sample, comparing the fluid measurement to a plurality of fingerprints that populate a database, and identifying the fluid sample based at least in part on one of the plurality of fingerprints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Dai, Zhonghuan Chen, Christopher Michael Jones
  • Patent number: 11852006
    Abstract: A system for inspecting a tubular may comprise an electromagnetic (EM) logging tool and information handling system. The EM logging tool may further include a mandrel, one or more sensor pads attached to the mandrel by one or more extendable arms, and one or more partial saturation eddy current sensors disposed on each of the one or more sensor pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Elsayed Fouda, Junwen Dai, Freeman Lee Hill, III, Christopher Michael Jones
  • Patent number: 11851965
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for measuring and otherwise processing core samples. In some embodiments, a method includes containing a core sample in a containment vessel including dynamically adjusting pressure within the containment vessel to maintain a phase of fluid within the core sample. Pressure is reduced within the containment vessel. During pressure or following reduction, one or more properties of the fluid in the core sample are measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Clifford Westacott, Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman van Zuilekom
  • Publication number: 20230400610
    Abstract: A composite material having a black pigment and a textile material. The composite material has a reflectivity toward near infrared electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from 800 nm to 2500 nm of greater than or equal to 12%, and the composite material has a reflectivity toward visible light having a wavelength from 350 nm to 750 nm of less than or equal to 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michael P. Rowe, Songtao Wu, Debasish Banerjee, Charles R. Rutledge, Torin C. Peck, Michael Jones
  • Patent number: 11840923
    Abstract: Layered coating applications for sensing telemetry are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Christopher Michael Jones
  • Patent number: 11836109
    Abstract: A method includes receiving fluid property data of a fluid and receiving material property data for materials in the fluid. The method includes detecting material sensor data from at least one sensor and applying an inverse model and a forward model to the fluid property data and the material property data to provide at least in part synthetic spectral channel data for the materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dingding Chen, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Jing Shen, Anthony Van Zuilekom