Patents by Inventor Thomas Clayton Ault

Thomas Clayton Ault 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).

  • PASSIVE ELECTROSEISMIC SURVEYING
    Publication number: 20200110185
    Abstract: A system for surveying a subsurface formation includes one or more electromagnetic sensors located at or above the surface of the Earth. The sensors are configured to detect passive-source source signals and return signals that are based on seismoelectric or electroseismic conversion of the source signal in the subsurface formation. The system includes a processor communicatively coupled to the one more electromagnetic sensors. The at least one processor is configured to align and stack the passive-source source signals and the return signals and determine a property of the subsurface formation based, at least in part, on the aligned and stacked passive-source source signals and the return signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Liyu Xu, Arthur Howard Thompson, Thomas Clayton Ault, Robert W. England, Alan Jerry Katz, Mohammad T. Rahman, Patrick Lawler Reese