Patents by Inventor Stephen Park

Stephen Park 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: 20240117710
    Abstract: A downhole tool with a flapper positioned within a mandrel. More specifically, embodiments are directed toward flappers with different mechanisms to open and close the flapper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Vertice Oil Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Saraya, Mike Lo, Stephen Parks
  • Publication number: 20240093569
    Abstract: A frac plug with lower slips and a lower cone. In embodiments, a lower cone ramp angle is greater than or equal to a cone bevel angle and a slip inner cut angle. This geometry enables the fins of the cone to not interact with the lower slips, which may not break the lower slips as the lower slips move over the cone. Instead, the lower slips may break due to stresses caused by the tendency of the lower slips to expand as they lower slips interact with the ramp of the lower cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Vertice Oil Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Saraya, Stephen Parks, Mike Lo
  • Publication number: 20240086430
    Abstract: A method can include, responsive to receipt of input characterizing a geologic environment, utilizing a trained machine learning model to identify a number of geologic environments that include corresponding data stored in at least one database; analyzing one or more of the number of geologic environments; and outputting a result based at least in part on the analyzing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Robin John Pickles, Richard Torrens, Stephen Robert Freeman, Ranjit Vhanamane, Kwangwon Park
  • Patent number: 11918324
    Abstract: A pulse transit time is measured non-invasively and used to calculate a blood pressure value. A method of determining one or more blood pressure values includes propagating an alternating drive current through a thorax of a subject via electrodes located on a wrist-worn device. Resulting voltage levels of the subject are sensed by the wrist-worn device. The voltage levels are processed to detect when a volume of blood is ejected from the left ventricle. Output from a pulse arrival sensor coupled to the wrist-worn device is processed to detect when a blood pressure pulse generated by ejection of the volume of blood from the left ventricle arrives at the wrist. A pulse transit time (PTT) for transit of the blood pressure pulse from the left ventricle to the wrist is calculated. One or more blood pressure values for the subject are determined based on the PTT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Sullivan, Wren Nancy Dougherty, Richard C. Kimoto, Erno Klaassen, Ravi K. Narasimhan, Stephen J. Waydo, Todd K. Whitehurst, Derek Park-Shing Young, Santiago Quijano, Zijing Zeng
  • Publication number: 20240003218
    Abstract: A frac plug with lower slips and a lower cone. In embodiments, a lower cone ramp angle is greater than or equal to a cone bevel angle and a slip inner cut angle. This geometry enables the fins of the cone to not interact with the lower slips, which may not break the lower slips as the lower slips move over the cone. Instead, the lower slips may break due to stresses caused by the tendency of the lower slips to expand as they lower slips interact with the ramp of the lower cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Mohamed Saraya, Stephen Parks, Mike Lo
  • Patent number: 11851975
    Abstract: A frac plug with lower slips and a lower cone. In embodiments, a lower cone ramp angle is greater than or equal to a cone bevel angle and a slip inner cut angle. This geometry enables the fins of the cone to not interact with the lower slips, which may not break the lower slips as the lower slips move over the cone. Instead, the lower slips may break due to stresses caused by the tendency of the lower slips to expand as they lower slips interact with the ramp of the lower cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Vertice Oil Tools Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Saraya, Stephen Parks, Mike Lo
  • Patent number: 11846171
    Abstract: A frac plug with a flapper positioned within a shearable housing. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards an upper portion of the shearable housing that is configured to be separated from an insert responsive to flowing back through the frac plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Vertice Oil Tools Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Lo, Stephen Parks
  • Publication number: 20230399931
    Abstract: A frac plug with a flapper positioned within a shearable housing. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards an upper portion of the shearable housing that is configured to be separated from an insert responsive to flowing back through the frac plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Mike Lo, Stephen Parks, Mohamed Saraya
  • Publication number: 20230340867
    Abstract: A downhole tool with an object positioned within a shearable housing. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards an upper portion of the shearable housing that is configured to be separated from an insert responsive to flowing back through the frac plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Mike Lo, Stephen Parks, Mohamed Saraya
  • Patent number: 11773681
    Abstract: A tool with a deformable element that is configured to flex across an annulus based on a force being applied to an inner surface of the deformable element. The deformable element may be configured to be positioned within a chamber that is covered by a first rupture disc. The deformable element may include seals, flex joints, and a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Vertice Oil Tools Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Parks
  • Patent number: 11767744
    Abstract: A frac plug with a flapper positioned within a shearable housing. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards an upper portion of the shearable housing that is configured to be separated from an insert responsive to flowing back through the frac plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Vertice Oil Tools
    Inventors: Mike Lo, Stephen Parks
  • Patent number: 11661814
    Abstract: A frac plug with lower slips and a lower cone. In embodiments, a lower cone ramp angle is greater than or equal to a cone bevel angle and a slip inner cut angle. This geometry enables the fins of the cone to not interact with the lower slips, which may not break the lower slips as the lower slips move over the cone. Instead, the lower slips may break due to stresses caused by the tendency of the lower slips to expand as they lower slips interact with the ramp of the lower cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Vertice Oil Tools Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Saraya, Stephen Parks, Mike Lo
  • Patent number: 11655688
    Abstract: A toe sleeve that is configured to allow communication between an inner diameter of the tool and an annulus outside of the tool during a bleed off cycle, which occurs after testing the casing. To test the casing, pressure within the inner diameter of the tool may be increased, and during a bleed off cycle the pressure within the inner diameter of the tool may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Vertice Oil Tools Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Ibrahim Saraya, Stephen Parks, Andrew John Webber
  • Publication number: 20230013484
    Abstract: A frac plug with a flapper positioned within a shearable housing. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards an upper portion of the shearable housing that is configured to be separated from an insert responsive to flowing back through the frac plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Mike Lo, Stephen Parks
  • Publication number: 20220259962
    Abstract: A frac plug with a flapper positioned within a shearable housing. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards an upper portion of the shearable housing that is configured to be separated from an insert responsive to flowing back through the frac plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Mike Lo, Stephen Parks
  • Patent number: 11208864
    Abstract: An inflatable packer assembly configured to be conveyed within a wellbore. The inflatable packer assembly includes a mandrel having a flowline, a first packer ring slidably connected with the mandrel, a second packer ring fixedly connected with the mandrel, a latching mechanism fluidly connected with the flowline, and an inflatable packer fluidly connected with the flowline. The inflatable packer may be disposed around the mandrel and sealingly connected with the first and second packer rings. The inflatable packer may be operable to expand against a sidewall of the wellbore upon receiving a fluid from the flowline. The latching mechanism may be operable to limit movement of the first packer ring with respect to the mandrel, and permit the movement of the first packer ring with respect to the mandrel upon being actuated by the fluid from the flowline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Parks, Juan Miguel La Rotta Marin, Adam Cygan, Adriaan Gisolf, Adame Kante, Thomas Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 11193346
    Abstract: A tool with a deformable element that is configured to flex across an annulus based on a force being applied to an inner surface of the deformable element. The deformable element may be configured to be positioned within a chamber that is covered by a first rupture disc. The deformable element may include seals, flex joints, and a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: VERTICE OIL TOOLS Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Parks
  • Patent number: 11149523
    Abstract: A toe sleeve that is configured to disconnect from casing. More specifically, a toe sleeve that is configured to shear from casing creating a dynamic opening that does not get plugged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Vertice Oil Tools
    Inventors: Mohamed Ibrahim Saraya, Stephen Parks, Michael Lo
  • Patent number: 11085267
    Abstract: A Frac plug with multiple pump down rings, wherein the outer diameter of the pump down rings is smaller than that of the inner diameter of the casing, which may not allow a seal to be formed across the casing. Systems may also include a rupture disc within the Frac plug that is positioned adjacent to an atmospheric chamber, which allows the rupture disc to be removed based on a known pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventors: Mohamed Ibrahim Saraya, Stephen Parks, Mike Los, Alex Goodwin
  • Publication number: 20210230971
    Abstract: A toe sleeve that is configured to allow communication between an inner diameter of the tool and an annulus outside of the tool during a bleed off cycle, which occurs after testing the casing. To test the casing, pressure within the inner diameter of the tool may be increased, and during a bleed off cycle the pressure within the inner diameter of the tool may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Mohamed Ibrahim Saraya, Stephen Parks, Andrew John Webber