Patents by Inventor Michael Stephen Bahorich

Michael Stephen Bahorich 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).

  • System for estimating thickness of thin subsurface strata
    Patent number: 6965830
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for processing a group of spatially related seismic data traces in which seismic data windows extending over selected portions of said group of spatially related seismic data traces are defined, and a transform is applied to the successively selected windows to convert the seismic data within the successively selected widows to the frequency domain thereby generating a frequency spectrum of the seismic data within said successively selected windows. Selected frequency spectra are then combined to generate an average of the selected frequency spectra, thereby generating averaged frequency spectra, ane the averaged frequency spectra are utilized to generate data related to the location of thin beds in the earth's subsurface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Apache Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Stephen Bahorich
  • Method for conducting seismic surveys utilizing an aircraft deployed seismic source
    Patent number: 6823262
    Abstract: The invention comprises the generation of seismic signals at a survey site at which seismic sensors are deployed by dropping mass units from an overflying aircraft. The mass units will impact the earth's surface at said survey site to generate seismic signals. The seismic sensors are utilized to detect the resulting seismic signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Apache Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip Andrew Bahorich, Michael Stephen Bahorich
  • Method for conducting seismic surveys utilizing an aircraft deployed seismic source
    Publication number: 20020163857
    Abstract: The invention comprises the generation of seismic signals at a survey site at which seismic sensors are deployed by dropping mass units from an overflying aircraft. The mass units will impact the earth's surface at said survey site to generate seismic signals. The seismic sensors are utilized to detect the resulting seismic signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Phillip Andrew Bahorich, Michael Stephen Bahorich