Patents by Inventor Oliver Backhaus

Oliver Backhaus 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).

  • Real time formation pressure test and pressure integrity test
    Patent number: 8616277
    Abstract: A system for measuring a formation parameter, the system including: a formation parameter test device having: a structure capable of segregating a discrete volume including a formation interface surface within a well, and a parameter sensor in operable communication with the volume; a high bandwidth communications system in operable communication with the parameter sensor; and a processing unit in operable communication with the high bandwidth communications system and disposed remotely from the parameter sensor, the processing unit configured to receive parameter data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Oliver Backhaus, John D. Macpherson
  • REAL TIME FORMATION PRESSURE TEST AND PRESSURE INTEGRITY TEST
    Publication number: 20090255731
    Abstract: A system for measuring a formation parameter, the system including: a formation parameter test device having: a structure capable of segregating a discrete volume including a formation interface surface within a well, and a parameter sensor in operable communication with the volume; a high bandwidth communications system in operable communication with the parameter sensor; and a processing unit in operable communication with the high bandwidth communications system and disposed remotely from the parameter sensor, the processing unit configured to receive parameter data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Oliver Backhaus, John D. MacPherson