Patents by Inventor Robert Cuthbertson

Robert Cuthbertson 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: 20060185857
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods and systems for mitigating trouble zones in a wellbore in a preferred pressure condition and completing the wellbore in the preferred pressure condition. In one aspect, a method of reinforcing a wellbore is provided. The method includes locating a valve member within the wellbore for opening and closing the wellbore. The method further includes establishing a preferred pressure condition within the wellbore and closing the valve member. The method also includes locating a tubular string having an expandable portion in the wellbore and opening the valve member. Additionally, the method includes moving the expandable portion through the opened valve member and expanding the expandable portion in the wellbore at a location below the valve member. In another aspect, a method of forming a wellbore is provided. In yet another aspect, a system for drilling a wellbore is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Patrick York, Robert Cuthbertson, Lev Ring
  • Patent number: 6471390
    Abstract: A container for pneumatically stirring a beverage. Current flow displaced from a flexible member, such as a depressible bulb, is regulated through an outlet optionally containing a one-way valve into an opening in a liquid receptacle. The resultant current flow in the receptacle initiates a stirring motion in the beverage. Air expelled from the depressible bulb may be replenished through an inlet in the bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Inventors: Robert Cuthbertson, Diane Cuthbertson
  • Patent number: D371049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Inventors: Robert Cuthbertson, Diane Cuthbertson