Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Watkins

Thomas J. Watkins 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: 20240101529
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to indolinyl compounds. The present disclosure further relates to compounds that inhibit viral helicase-primase. The present disclosure further relates to the use of the compounds for the preparation a medicament for the treatment of diseases and/or condition through inhibiting viral helicase-primase. The present disclosure also relates to use of those compounds in the treatment of viral infections. The present disclosure further relates to intermediates for its preparation and to pharmaceutical compositions containing those compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Aesop Cho, Katherine De La Fuente, Thomas P. Stratton, Peiyuan Wang, William J. Watkins, Jie Xu, Kin S. Yang
  • Patent number: 10844707
    Abstract: A dual telemetric coiled tubing running string for disposing a bottom hole assembly into a wellbore. The dual telemetric coiled tubing running string includes a string of coiled tubing which defines a flowbore along its length, an electrical wire conduit disposed within the flowbore, and an optic fiber disposed within the flowbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Louis D. Garner, Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins
  • Patent number: 10822942
    Abstract: A telemetry system for a resource exploration and recovery system including a tubular defining a flow bore, and a superconductor wire disposed within the flow bore. A resource exploration and recovery system including a first system, a second system fluidically connected to the first system, and a telemetry system operatively connected to the first system extending into the second system, the telemetry system including a tubular defining a flow bore, and a superconductor wire disposed within the flow bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Jeyhun Y. Najafov, Thomas J. Watkins
  • Publication number: 20190257194
    Abstract: A dual telemetric coiled tubing running string for disposing a bottom hole assembly into a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Louis D. Garner, Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins
  • Patent number: 10385680
    Abstract: Electrically-operated downhole tools are run into a wellbore on a coiled tubing string which includes tube-wire that is capable of carrying power and data along its length. During operation, a downhole tool is provided power from surface using the tube-wire. Downhole data is provided to the surface via tube-wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins, Steven Craig, Luis Castro
  • Publication number: 20190249544
    Abstract: A telemetry system for a resource exploration and recovery system including a tubular defining a flow bore, and a superconductor wire disposed within the flow bore. A resource exploration and recovery system including a first system, a second system fluidically connected to the first system, and a telemetry system operatively connected to the first system extending into the second system, the telemetry system including a tubular defining a flow bore, and a superconductor wire disposed within the flow bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Jeyhun Y. Najafov, Thomas J. Watkins
  • Publication number: 20190120035
    Abstract: Arrangements and methods for acid tunneling and fracturing within a wellbore. Acid is flowed into a wellbore to form a lateral tunnel which extends radially outwardly from the main wellbore. Thereafter, a fracturing bottom hole assembly is run into the lateral tunnel and isolated. Acid is then injected into the lateral tunnel to fracture portions of the formation radially surrounding the lateral tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins, Rustom K. Mody
  • Patent number: 10240406
    Abstract: Arrangements for transmitting electrical operating power to a downhole electrically operated tool via a dual-walled conductive running string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins, Richard Snow, Geoffrey Presley
  • Patent number: 10087739
    Abstract: A milling assembly for use in milling away an object in a wellbore. A milling bottom hole assembly is run in on a Telecoil® running string and includes a rechargeable power section which is recharged via tube-wire in the running string. The milling bottom hole assembly also includes a sensor section which measures tension, compression and torque experienced by the running string during milling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins, Jeyhun Najafov
  • Patent number: 10082012
    Abstract: A re-fracturing method involves placement and centralization of a liner string that has shaped charges at predetermined locations that are externally isolated with packers. The shaped charges can be set off in a desired order and re-fracturing can then take place in new locations. In a bottom up order for perforating sequentially larger balls can be landed on seats and developed pressure or component movement generated by applying pressure can be used to set a shaped charge and isolate portions of the borehole below. The balls and even the seats can be later milled out or just allowed to disintegrate or dissolve with well fluids that are present or later added to clear the liner for subsequent production. Alternatively, the liner could be removed by release of the packers before production or injection begins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins, Jeyhun Najafov
  • Publication number: 20180266238
    Abstract: Electrically-operated downhole tools are run into a wellbore on a coiled tubing string which includes tube-wire that is capable of carrying power and data along its length. During operation, a downhole tool is provided power from surface using the tube-wire. Downhole data is provided to the surface via tube-wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins, Steven Craig, Luis Castro
  • Patent number: 10006282
    Abstract: Electrically-operated downhole tools are run into a wellbore on a coiled tubing string which includes tube-wire that is capable of carrying power and data along its length. During operation, a downhole tool is provided power from surface using the tube-wire. Downhole data is provided to the surface via tube-wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins, Steven Craig, Luis Castro
  • Patent number: 9850714
    Abstract: An acid tunneling system for forming lateral tunnels from a central wellbore. The acid tunneling system includes an acid tunneling tool having an acid injection nozzle which can be steered and oriented in response to downhole parameters that are detected and sent to surface in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins
  • Publication number: 20170342782
    Abstract: Arrangements for transmitting electrical operating power to a downhole electrically operated tool via a dual-walled conductive running string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins, Richard Snow, Geoffrey Presley
  • Patent number: 9770805
    Abstract: A method of increasing a roughness of coiled tubing injector blocks that includes providing a pair of gripper blocks each having a gripper surface configured to grip coiled tubing within an injector head and increasing a first roughness on the gripping surfaces to a second roughness. A coating may be applied to the gripping surfaces to increase the roughness. The coating may be chromium carbide, molybdenum boride, iron boride, titanium boride, or a transitional metal boride. The gripping surfaces may be treated to increase the roughness to a second roughness. The gripping surfaces may be blasted by abrasives or shot peened to increase the roughness. The second roughness may be greater than 20 ?m. A system to inject coiled tubing into a wellbore may include an injector head, coiled tubing, and at least two gripper blocks having a gripping surface with a roughness of at least 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Vivekanand Sista, John Delorey, Thomas J. Watkins
  • Patent number: 9765606
    Abstract: Hydrocarbon production from subterranean formations is stimulated by heating. A dual-walled coiled tubing radio frequency heating arrangement is described that can be disposed into a wellbore and energized to heat the surrounding formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Snow, Silviu Livescu, Geoffrey Presley, Thomas J. Watkins
  • Publication number: 20170260838
    Abstract: A system and method for forming tunnels in formation radially surrounding a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins
  • Publication number: 20170260840
    Abstract: A wireless data communication system within a tunneling tool used to form subterranean tunnels. The wireless data communication system is useful to provide real time data relating to tunneling and for controlling or adjusting the tunneling process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas J. Watkins, Silviu Livescu
  • Publication number: 20170183930
    Abstract: A milling assembly for use in milling away an object in a wellbore. A milling bottom hole assembly is run in on a Telecoil® running string and includes a rechargeable power section which is recharged via tube-wire in the running string. The milling bottom hole assembly also includes a sensor section which measures tension, compression and torque experienced by the running string during milling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Thomas J. Watkins, Jeyhun Najafov
  • Patent number: 9631474
    Abstract: A matrix acidizing monitoring system wherein a sensor array is operably associated with a matrix acidizing bottom hole assembly and contains first and second sets of sensors that detect a matrix acidizing operational parameter at different times at one or more particular locations along the wellbore. This allows the effectiveness of the acidizing to be modeled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Trevor A. Sturgeon, Thomas J. Watkins