Patents by Inventor Robert E. Kunetka

Robert E. Kunetka 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).

  • Method and apparatus for measuring temperature of an earth formation in the presence of a radio frequency electromagnetic field
    Patent number: 4469451
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the temperature in a subsurface earth formation that is being heated in situ by subjection to a radio frequency electromagnetic field. It includes lowering a maximum registering thermometer into the formation on a non-conductive flexible line, and holding it there long enough to reach the ambient temperature at that location. Then, the thermometer is raised to the surface fast enough to avoid any significant change on the way up to read that registered maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Kunetka, Donald J. Dowling