Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Phillips

Thomas A. Phillips 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).

  • Patent number: 5825188
    Abstract: An electromagnetic method is disclosed that can be used to map, track, and monitor subsurface water or solutions and related geologic structure including: groundwater, groundwater channels, groundwater structures, subsurface pollution plumes, locate the source of springs or seeps, map interconnected fracture or porous zones, map leaks in earthen dams, map leaks in drain fields, monitor changes in subsurface water flow, monitor changes in ion concentration in groundwater, monitor in situ leaching solution, monitor movement of heap leaching solutions, monitor changes in subsurface redox or reaction fronts, monitor underground chemical reactions, monitor subterranean bioreactions, or other subsurface waters and related geologic structures. An electric current is injected directly into the water or solution that is to be mapped, tracked, or monitored. It is also necessary to provide a return path for the injected electrical current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Inventors: Jerry R. Montgomery, Thomas A. Phillips