Patents by Inventor Philip Stephen Schultz

Philip Stephen Schultz 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: 20140129188
    Abstract: A method for modeling illumination in a seismic survey of a subsurface region using a velocity model thereof includes specifying locations for a plurality of seismic shots, specifying locations for a plurality of seismic receivers, specifying a source radiation pattern for each source, tracing each ray from a reflection surface, computing an energy value for each ray using a Fresnel zone defined at a receiving surface and defined for a single frequency, and repeating the tracing and computing for each shot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Stephen Schultz, Daniel Paul Johnson