Patents by Inventor Michael Cardiff

Michael Cardiff 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: 20230296017
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and establishing physical properties of a subsurface formation at a testing site having a source well and one or more receiver wells may include a pump, a data collection system, and a controller. The controller may cause the pump to extract fluid from and inject fluid into the source well based on one or more measures indicative of an amount of liquid in the source well. The controller may receive measures related to pressures in the receiver wells and physical properties of the subsurface formation may be determined based on the measures related to pressures in the receiver well. In some cases, noise may be removed from the measures related to pressures in the receiver wells to facilitate determining the physical properties of the subsurface formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventor: MICHAEL CARDIFF
  • Patent number: 8770305
    Abstract: Modular hydraulic packer-and-port system and corresponding methods of operation. The system may be installed for temporary, semi-permanent, or permanent deployments. The system and method may provide for hydraulic isolation of target zones in a well while allowing pass-through tubes to the target zones for taking samples, inserting monitoring sensors, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Boise State University
    Inventors: Warren Barrash, Michael Cardiff
  • Publication number: 20120125641
    Abstract: Modular hydraulic packer-and-port system and corresponding methods of operation. The system may be installed for temporary, semi-permanent, or permanent deployments. The system and method may provide for hydraulic isolation of target zones in a well while allowing pass-through tubes to the target zones for taking samples, inserting monitoring sensors, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Warren Barrash, Michael Cardiff