Patents by Inventor Michael Jones

Michael 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).

  • Patent number: 11976553
    Abstract: A test tool attached to test string comprising a fluid conduit is deployed to a test position within a wellbore. The deployment includes hydraulically isolating a portion of the wellbore proximate the test tool to form an isolation zone containing the test position. A fluid inflow test is performed within the isolation zone and an initial formation property and a fluid property are determined based on the fluid inflow test. A fluid injection test is performed within the isolation zone including applying an injection fluid through the test string into the isolation zone, wherein the flow rate or pressure of the injection fluid application is determined based, at least in part, on the at least one of the formation property and fluid property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Anton Proett, Christopher Michael Jones, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, Anthony Herman van Zuilekom, Mehdi Alipour Kallehbasti
  • Publication number: 20240138519
    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: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20240142657
    Abstract: A method and system for correlating two or more logs. The method may include reviewing an openhole log to identify one or more depths within a wellbore for testing, disposing a fluid sampling tool into the wellbore, creating a correlation log with the fluid sampling tool, depth-matching the correlation log to the openhole log to create a relative shift table, and moving the fluid sampling tool to the one or more depths within the wellbore based at least in part on the relative shift table. The system may include a fluid sampling tool disposed in a wellbore to create a correlation log and an information handling system connected to the fluid sampling tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Sadeed Sayed, Ahmed Fouda, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones
  • Patent number: 11970941
    Abstract: A formation tester comprises a body having an outlet; a probe extendable from the body and having a sealing pad; and a flow line within the body, wherein the flow line has an entry end connectable to the probe and has an exit end connectable to the outlet in the body; and a reactive filter material in the flow line downstream of the entry end of the flow line, wherein the reactive filter material sorbs and entraps an analyte in a wellbore fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Perkins, Christopher Michael Jones, Michael T. Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20240136875
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator. The rotor includes an axial shaft, a disc projecting radially from the shaft, and a ring magnet affixed to the disc. The shaft and the disc are integrally formed as a unitary body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Ley, Michael Coles, Hunter Gill, Mike Alivero, Joe Engle, Kyle Chesnut, Tillian Jones, Jeremy Beck
  • Publication number: 20240131144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations of dengue virus vaccine comprising at least one live, attenuated dengue virus or live, attenuated chimeric flavivirus, a buffer, a sugar, a cellulose derivative, a glycol or sugar alcohol, optionally an alkali or alkaline salt and an amino acid; and formulations of dengue virus vaccine comprising at least one live, attenuated dengue virus or live, attenuated chimeric flavivirus, a buffer, a sugar of at least 150 mg/ml, a carrier, and optionally an alkali or alkaline salt and an amino acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Michael S. Ryan, Sherrie-Ann P. Martin, Morrisa Jones, Justin Stanbro, Akhilesh Bhambhani, Jeffrey Thomas Blue, Heidi Joanne Pixley, Erin J. Green-Trexler, Lynne Ann Isopi
  • Publication number: 20240132746
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to curable film-forming compositions and coating kits, each comprising: (a) a polyepoxide functional polymer; (b) a polythiol functional compound, wherein the polythiol functional compound comprises at least two or at least three thiol functional groups and wherein if the polythiol functional compound contains hydroxyl functional groups, the ratio of thiol functional groups to hydroxyl functional groups within the polythiol functional compound is not 1:1; (c) a reactive compound different from the polythiol functional compound (b), containing multiple pendant and/or terminal functional groups selected from carboxylic acid, anhydride, amine and phenol that are reactive with epoxide functional groups; and (d) a pigment. The curable film-forming composition demonstrates a pigment to binder ratio greater than or equal to 2 and less than 3, adhesion to diverse substrates, and fast sandability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Michael Jones, Davina J. Schwartzmiller, Scott J. Moravek
  • Patent number: 11964442
    Abstract: The disclosed forming apparatus includes a frame. The frame defines a vertical axis, a horizontal axis, and a longitudinal axis. A carriage is movably connected to the frame. A first stomp foot is movably connected to the carriage such that it may move along the vertical axis. A first end effector is movably connected to the carriage. The first end effector is controlled by an actuator. The disclosed method for forming a composite part includes applying at least one ply of composite material over a forming surface of a forming tool and deforming the at least one ply of composite material over the forming surface of the forming tool with a forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Scott Krajca, Long Ly, Chace Wilcoxson, Darrell Jones, Kurtis Willden, Michael A. Lee, Josiah Brubaker, Michael Karas, Joseph Warren, Pavel Lesovoy
  • Publication number: 20240125229
    Abstract: A method and non-transitory storage computer-readable medium for performing a neural operator on one or more wellbore measurements. The method may comprise o obtaining one or more measurements, performing a measurement normalization on the one or more measurements to form one or more normalized measurements, forming a material function with the one or more normalized measurements, and forming a neural operator generated physical response with a neural operator and the material function. The method may further comprise forming a beamforming map with the one or more measurements, and forming a neural operator leak source location map with a neural operator and the one or more measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Xusong Wang, Ahmed Fouda, Xiang Wu, Christopher Michael Jones, Wei Zhang, Junwen Dai
  • Patent number: 11958849
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds and compositions useful in the treatment of GLS1 mediated diseases, such as cancer, having the structure of Formula I: Methods of inhibition GLS1 activity in a human or animal subject are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Maria Emilia Di Francesco, Philip Jones, Timothy Heffernan, Matthew M. Hamilton, Zhijun Kang, Michael J. Soth, Jason P. Burke, Kang Le, Christopher Lawrence Carroll, Wylie S. Palmer, Richard Lewis, Timothy McAfoos, Barbara Czako, Gang Liu, Jay Theroff, Zachary Herrera, Anne Yau
  • Patent number: 11958133
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a method includes selecting a cemented carbide substrate from a plurality of cemented carbide substrates in a substrate inventory. Each of the plurality of cemented carbide substrates have a substantially planar top surface. The method also includes emitting a plurality of laser pulses from a laser towards at least the substantially planar top surface of the cemented carbide substrate to ablate selected regions of the cemented carbide substrate thereby forming the cemented carbide substrate into a selected shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Douglas Jones, Benjamin Michael Spencer, Brent Richard Eddy, Mark Pehrson Chapman
  • Patent number: 11962721
    Abstract: A system can route calls based on a minimum expected delay, classification, and priority of the call. In some embodiments, when a call is received, the call is classified and prioritized within the classification. A minimum expected delay time is determined. Based on the minimum expected delay time, the classification, and the prioritization, the call is routed to a representative with instructions on how the call should be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Peter H. McKenna, Darrius M. Jones, Kory Michael Upton, Enrique Tamayo, Allen J. Guidry, Julio Estevez-Breton
  • Patent number: 11957356
    Abstract: A device for temporarily protecting a neck of an aneurysm of a blood vessel is provided. The device includes a plurality of wires coiled to form a collapsible frame configured to expand and substantially conform to a shape of an inside surface of the blood vessel while the aneurysm is being treated. The device includes a retention wire disposed at a proximal end of the frame of the plurality of wires. The device includes a cover comprising at least a first portion configured to be disposed directly against a neck of the aneurysm while the aneurysm is being treated, the first portion having a first porosity to blood flow. Related methods of use and manufacturing are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NV MEDTECH, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Joseph Emery
  • Publication number: 20240118446
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to signal attenuation for acoustic logging tools. An acoustic logging tool includes acoustic transducers. Each acoustic transducer includes a body, a piezoelectric element disposed on a first end of the body to receive or transmit at least one signal, and a wedge-cut disposed on an opposite end of the body. The wedge-cut defines a sloped portion operable to attenuate signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jichun Sun, Jing Jin, Xiang Wu, Christopher Michael Jones, Gennady Koscheev
  • Publication number: 20240117727
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a fluid within a subterranean formation. The method may comprise obtaining one or more pressure measurements at one or more depths with a downhole fluid sampling tool, forming a depth-pressure measurement set form the one or more pressure measurements, creating a solution novelty threshold from at least the depth-pressure measurement set, constraining a solution space with the solution novelty threshold, and finding a solution-space-inscribed simplex within the solution novelty threshold. The method may further comprise generating a simplicial decomposition for a convex hull of the solution-space-inscribed simplex up to the solution novelty threshold, identifying at least one inscribed simplex within the convex hull of the solution-space-inscribed simplex, determining a novel simplex interior with the at least one inscribed simplex, and forming a plurality of solutions with the novel simplex interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamed Chok, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Jonas Toelke
  • Publication number: 20240121186
    Abstract: Techniques are described for communications in an L2 virtual network. In an example, the L2 virtual network includes a plurality of L2 compute instances hosted on a set of host machines and a plurality of L2 virtual network interfaces and L2 virtual switches hosted on a set of network virtualization devices. An L2 virtual network interface emulates an L2 port of the L2 virtual network. Access control list (ACL) information applicable to the L2 port is sent to a network virtualization device that hosts the L2 virtual network interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Jagwinder Singh Brar, Lucas Michael Kreger-Stickles, Bryce Eugene Bockman, Peter Croft Jones, Shane Baker
  • Publication number: 20240119366
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for online training of machine learning models predicting time-series data. In one aspect, a method comprises training a machine learning model having a plurality of weights by maintaining weight data, specifying a plurality of sub-weights for each of the plurality of weights and covariance data that estimates the joint uncertainty between the sub-weights, and, at each of a plurality of time steps, receiving model inputs, processing the model inputs using the weight data to generate corresponding model outputs, receiving corresponding ground truth outputs, and updating the weight data using the corresponding ground truth outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Jones, Michael Curtis Mozer
  • Publication number: 20240110452
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a downhole logging tool configured for placement in a wellbore comprises a first magnet configured to activate a first volume of ferromagnetic fluid disposed between the downhole logging tool and the wellbore to achieve a first seal between a primary analysis region of the downhole logging tool and a wellbore fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Xiang Wu, Jichun Sun
  • Patent number: 11946369
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a measurement of a pressure in a subsurface formation at a number of depths in a wellbore formed in the subsurface formation across a sampling depth range of the subsurface formation to generate a number of pressure-depth measurement pairs and partitioning the sampling depth range into a number of fluid depth ranges. The method comprises performing a fitting operation over each of the number of fluid depth ranges to determine a fluid gradient for the type of the reservoir fluid for each of the number of fluid depth ranges. The method comprises generating a solution set of one or more solutions based on the fluid gradient of the reservoir fluid for each of the number of fluid depth ranges determined from performing the fitting operation, wherein each solution defines a partitioning of the sampling depth range and the fluid gradient of each fluid depth range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamed Chok, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Jonas Toelke
  • Patent number: D1023593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nicolon Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Jones, Randall Eugene Johnson, Michael D. Samueloff