Patents by Inventor Tobias Judd

Tobias Judd 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: 9581020
    Abstract: A downhole tool is conveyed within a borehole extending into a subterranean formation. A void is created in a sidewall of the borehole by extending a rotating member from the downhole tool into the sidewall. A portion of the sidewall surrounding the void is mechanically compressed, and the viscosity of hydrocarbons in the subterranean formation proximate the void is reduced by injecting a fluid from the downhole tool into the formation via the void. Fluid comprising the reduced viscosity hydrocarbons and the injected fluid may then be drawn from the subterranean formation into the downhole tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: John E. Edwards, Adrian Rodriguez Herrera, Morten Kristensen, Tobias Judd, Andrew E. Pomerantz, Oliver Clinton Mullins
  • Publication number: 20140353479
    Abstract: A downhole tool is conveyed within a borehole extending into a subterranean formation. A void is created in a sidewall of the borehole by extending a rotating member from the downhole tool into the sidewall. A portion of the sidewall surrounding the void is mechanically compressed, and the viscosity of hydrocarbons in the subterranean formation proximate the void is reduced by injecting a fluid from the downhole tool into the formation via the void. Fluid comprising the reduced viscosity hydrocarbons and the injected fluid may then be drawn from the subterranean formation into the downhole tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: John E. Edwards, Adrian Rodriguez Herrera, Morten Kristensen, Tobias Judd, Andrew E. Pomerantz, Oliver Clinton Mullins