Patents by Inventor Thomas Simon Colaco Osorio

Thomas Simon Colaco Osorio 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).

  • Monitoring an element of a plant
    Patent number: 6774806
    Abstract: A method of monitoring an element of a plant is disclosed which comprises the steps of: (a) producing an image representing the state of the element and recording the image in the form of a data set; (b) comparing the data set with a norm in order to determine a change in the state of the element; and (c) producing a signal which represents the change in the state of the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: John Lesly Kingsford Bannell, David Mark Falconer, Thomas Simon Colaco Osorio, Michael Welch