Patents by Inventor Peter A. Meeks

Peter A. Meeks 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).

  • Methods of improving heavy oil production
    Patent number: 7717175
    Abstract: The invention provides an improved method for extracting heavy oil or bitumen contained in a reservoir. The invention involves directing the formation of a solvent fluid chamber through the combination of directed solvent fluid injection and production at combinations of horizontal and/or vertical injection wells so as to increase the recovery of heavy oil or bitumen contained in a reservoir. The wells are preferably provided with flow control devices to achieve uniform production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Nexen Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Compton Chung, Mintu Bose, Stewart Allan Morton, Kenneth James Elkow, Ed Erlendson, Frances Lai, David Peter Meeks, Kenneth Myron Oberg, Louis Chiu-Hung Leung, James Nelson Ireland
  • System and method for creating a performance tool and a performance tool yield
    Patent number: 7444627
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a performance tool includes a builder, a seeker, and a catalyst. The builder is used to generate the seeker. The seeker is selected for operation, thereby launching the catalyst. The catalyst runs the seeker and receives assertions, such as selected answers, in response to interrogatives, such as questions. When all assertions are provided to all interrogatives, the seeker generates a yield. However, the yield also can be generated dynamically as the seeker operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Aldrich, Frank M. Waterman, Ignacio Andrade, III, Horace W. Duncan, III, Brian D. Haner, Lorna M. Jarrett, Christopher L. Langston, Mathew A. Maynor, Peter A. Meeks, John H. Oliver, III, Regina H. O'Meara, Kenneth W. Van Booven, Michael S. Waterman, Logan Wade, Todd D. Way, Chris M. Worley
  • System and method for creating a performance tool and a performance tool yield
    Patent number: 6931622
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a performance tool includes a builder, a seeker, and a catalyst. The builder is used to generate the seeker. The seeker is selected for operation, thereby launching the catalyst. The catalyst runs the seeker and receives assertions, such as selected answers, in response to interrogatives, such as questions. When all assertions are provided to all interrogatives, the seeker generates a yield. However, the yield also can be generated dynamically as the seeker operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Aldrich, Frank M. Waterman, Ignacio Andrade, III, Horace W. Duncan, III, Brian D. Haner, Lorna M. Jarrett, Christopher L. Langston, Mathew A. Maynor, Peter A. Meeks, John H. Oliver, III, Regina H. O'Meara, Kenneth W. Van Booven, Michael S. Waterman, Logan Wade, Todd D. Way, Chris M. Worley
  • System and method for creating a performance tool and a performance tool yield
    Publication number: 20050022159
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a performance tool includes a builder, a seeker, and a catalyst. The builder is used to generate the seeker. The seeker is selected for operation, thereby launching the catalyst. The catalyst runs the seeker and receives assertions, such as selected answers, in response to interrogatives, such as questions. When all assertions are provided to all interrogatives, the seeker generates a yield. However, the yield also can be generated dynamically as the seeker operates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Daniel Aldrich, Frank Waterman, Ignacio Andrade, Horace Duncan, Brian Haner, Lorna Jarrett, Christopher Langston, Mathew Maynor, Peter Meeks, John Oliver, Regina O'Meara, Kenneth Van Booven, Michael Waterman, Logan Wade, Todd Way, Chris Worley