Patents by Inventor Timothy Michael Popp

Timothy Michael Popp 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: 20220162922
    Abstract: For milling a window into a casing that has been cemented in a well, a whipstock and a mill bit are connected at the end of a Bottom-Hole-Assembly, which includes downhole sensors. The mill bit cuts an exit window into and out of the casing. Preferably, the operation of the drilling equipment that actuates the mill bit is controlled based on measurements performed by the downhole sensors, and the control takes into account changes in the interface between the mill bit and the material (e.g., the casing steel, the cement) being milled and/or the changes in the volume of milled material as the mill bit penetrates through the casing. The control can minimize a difference between the mechanical specific energy values calculated in real-time and a predetermined target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Popp, John Abhishek Raj Bomidi
  • Patent number: 10590760
    Abstract: Methods and systems for conducting downhole operations including collecting downhole dynamic event data using a downhole tool, wherein the downhole dynamic event data is time-domain data, processing the collected downhole dynamic event data using a computing system located downhole to convert the time-domain data into frequency-domain data, and extracting digital filter coefficients from the frequency-domain data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Popp, Holger Stibbe, Polichronis-Thomas D. Spanos
  • Publication number: 20190203588
    Abstract: Methods and systems for conducting downhole operations including collecting downhole dynamic event data using a downhole tool, wherein the downhole dynamic event data is time-domain data, processing the collected downhole dynamic event data using a computing system located downhole to convert the time-domain data into frequency-domain data, and extracting digital filter coefficients from the frequency-domain data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Popp, Holger Stibbe, Polichronis-Thomas D. Spanos