Patents by Inventor Todd Christopher Jackson

Todd Christopher Jackson 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: 12371970
    Abstract: An actuator, including a housing having a flow conduit therethrough, a pressure balanced poppet disposed in the housing, initially preventing flow through the housing, and a heat evolving composition disposed to move the poppet by fluid heating to cease preventing flow through the housing upon ignition of the heat evolving composition. A method for actuating a tool, including igniting the heat evolution composition, heating a fluid located between the poppet and the housing, driving the poppet to move with the heated fluid, and flowing fluid through the housing. A borehole tool, including the actuator, a tool member disposed in the tool and movable by the fluid flowing through the housing, the movement of the tool member changing an operational condition of the tool. A borehole system, including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, the actuator disposed within or as a part of the string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: YingQing Xu, Zhihui Zhang, Matthew D. Solfronk, Todd Christopher Jackson
  • Publication number: 20240301769
    Abstract: An actuator, including a housing having a flow conduit therethrough, a pressure balanced poppet disposed in the housing, initially preventing flow through the housing, and a heat evolving composition disposed to move the poppet by fluid heating to cease preventing flow through the housing upon ignition of the heat evolving composition. A method for actuating a tool, including igniting the heat evolution composition, heating a fluid located between the poppet and the housing, driving the poppet to move with the heated fluid, and flowing fluid through the housing. A borehole tool, including the actuator, a tool member disposed in the tool and movable by the fluid flowing through the housing, the movement of the tool member changing an operational condition of the tool. A borehole system, including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, the actuator disposed within or as a part of the string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: YingQing Xu, Zhihui Zhang, Matthew D. Solfronk, Todd Christopher Jackson
  • Patent number: 11634969
    Abstract: A multi-stage object drop frac assembly that includes a fracture subassembly is configured for disposal in a well zone. The assembly includes a plurality of filtration media stages configured for disposal in the same well zone. A plurality of valves, one of the plurality of valves being associated with each of the plurality of filtration media stages is a part of the assembly and the plurality of valves are openable simultaneously in response to the same event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Stolboushkin, Todd Christopher Jackson, Matthew D. Solfronk, James Scott Sanchez, Ricardo Arturo Gomez Barker
  • Patent number: 11629567
    Abstract: A frac dart includes a body having an outer surface and an end including at least one opening. A cutter support is mounted at the end adjacent the at least one opening. A cutter is moveably mounted at the cutter support. A counter support is slideably mounted on the outer surface, and a counter is arranged between the counter support and the cutter support. The cutter is operable to sever a portion of the counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, Matthew D. Solfronk, James Scott Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20220389779
    Abstract: A frac dart includes a body having an outer surface and an end including at least one opening. A cutter support is mounted at the end adjacent the at least one opening. A cutter is moveably mounted at the cutter support. A counter support is slideably mounted on the outer surface, and a counter is arranged between the counter support and the cutter support. The cutter is operable to sever a portion of the counter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, Matthew D. Solfronk, James Scott Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20220290530
    Abstract: A multi-stage object drop frac assembly including a fracture subassembly configured for disposal in a well zone, a plurality of filtration media stages configured for disposal in the same well zone, and a plurality of valves, one of the plurality of valves being associated with each of the plurality of filtration media stages the plurality of valves openable simultaneously in response to a same event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Stolboushkin, Todd Christopher Jackson, Matthew D. Solfronk, James Scott Sanchez, Ricardo Arturo Gomez Barker
  • Patent number: 9971830
    Abstract: Based on information associated with users, a social networking system recommends one or more groups for a target user to join or to create. Characteristics of the target user, characteristics of users connected to the target user, characteristics of candidate groups in the social networking system may be used to identify groups for recommendation. The social networking system may provide questions to the target user and recommend a group to the target user based on received answers to the questions. For example, the answers to the provided question identify one or more characteristics of the target user, which are used to select a group for recommendation. Additionally, the social networking system may recommend additional users for the target user to add or invite to a group based on characteristics of the target user, the additional users, and/or the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, William Russell Maschmeyer, Bin Jiang, Kenneth M. Lau, Michael Novati
  • Patent number: 9253137
    Abstract: A client device displays message content from one or more email messages in a conversation thread. The client device displays, concurrently with the message content from the one or more email messages, one or more respective social network objects. Each displayed social network object has one or more selection portions, and each displayed social network object corresponds to a respective post by a respective participant in the conversation thread. In response to selection of a first portion of a respective social network object of the one or more displayed social network objects, the client device displays a respective social network page of the respective participant who authored the respective post corresponding to the respective social network object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, Edward Shichung Ho, Mark Knichel, Emily Chang
  • Patent number: 9203792
    Abstract: A server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors receives from a client device a request, the request comprising a request for message content from one or more email messages in a conversation thread. The server system responds to the request by identifying the message content, identifying candidate authors, and obtaining qualifying posts by the candidate authors, the qualifying posts satisfying predefined criteria. The server system furthermore selects a subset of the qualifying posts, and prepares the selected subset of the qualifying posts and the message content for concurrent display at the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, Edward Shichung Ho, Mark Knichel, Emily Chang
  • Patent number: 9177347
    Abstract: Based on information associated with users, a social networking system recommends one or more groups for a target user to join or to create. Characteristics of the target user, characteristics of users connected to the target user, characteristics of candidate groups in the social networking system may be used to identify groups for recommendation. The social networking system may provide questions to the target user and recommend a group to the target user based on received answers to the questions. For example, the answers to the provided question identify one or more characteristics of the target user, which are used to select a group for recommendation. Additionally, the social networking system may recommend additional users for the target user to add or invite to a group based on characteristics of the target user, the additional users, and/or the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, William Russell Maschmeyer, Bin Jiang, Kenneth M. Lau, Michael Novati
  • Publication number: 20150149572
    Abstract: A server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors receives from a client device a request, the request comprising a request for message content from one or more email messages in a conversation thread. The server system responds to the request by identifying the message content, identifying candidate authors, and obtaining qualifying posts by the candidate authors, the qualifying posts satisfying predefined criteria. The server system furthermore selects a subset of the qualifying posts, and prepares the selected subset of the qualifying posts and the message content for concurrent display at the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, Edward Shichung Ho, Mark Knichel, Emily Chang
  • Patent number: 8938512
    Abstract: Based on information associated with users, a social networking system recommends one or more groups for a target user to join or to create. Characteristics of the target user, characteristics of users connected to the target user, characteristics of candidate groups in the social networking system may be used to identify groups for recommendation. The social networking system may provide questions to the target user and recommend a group to the target user based on received answers to the questions. For example, the answers to the provided question identify one or more characteristics of the target user, which are used to select a group for recommendation. Additionally, the social networking system may recommend additional users for the target user to add or invite to a group based on characteristics of the target user, the additional users, and/or the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, William Russell Maschmeyer, Bin Jiang, Kenneth M. Lau, Michael Novati
  • Patent number: 8935346
    Abstract: Based on information associated with users, a social networking system recommends one or more groups for a target user to join or to create. Characteristics of the target user, characteristics of users connected to the target user, characteristics of candidate groups in the social networking system may be used to identify groups for recommendation. The social networking system may provide questions to the target user and recommend a group to the target user based on received answers to the questions. For example, the answers to the provided question identify one or more characteristics of the target user, which are used to select a group for recommendation. Additionally, the social networking system may recommend additional users for the target user to add or invite to a group based on characteristics of the target user, the additional users, and/or the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, William Russell Maschmeyer, Bin Jiang, Kenneth M. Lau, Michael Novati
  • Patent number: 8892666
    Abstract: A server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors receives from a client device a request, the request comprising a request for message content from one or more email messages in a conversation thread. The server system responds to the request by identifying the message content, identifying candidate authors, and obtaining qualifying posts by the candidate authors, the qualifying posts satisfying predefined criteria. The server system furthermore selects a subset of the qualifying posts, and prepares the selected subset of the qualifying posts and the message content for concurrent display at the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, Edward Shichung Ho, Mark Knichel, Emily Chang
  • Publication number: 20140067967
    Abstract: Based on information associated with users, a social networking system recommends one or more groups for a target user to join or to create. Characteristics of the target user, characteristics of users connected to the target user, characteristics of candidate groups in the social networking system may be used to identify groups for recommendation. The social networking system may provide questions to the target user and recommend a group to the target user based on received answers to the questions. For example, the answers to the provided question identify one or more characteristics of the target user, which are used to select a group for recommendation. Additionally, the social networking system may recommend additional users for the target user to add or invite to a group based on characteristics of the target user, the additional users, and/or the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, William Russell Maschmeyer, Bin Jiang, Kenneth M. Lau, Michael Novati
  • Publication number: 20140067944
    Abstract: Based on information associated with users, a social networking system recommends one or more groups for a target user to join or to create. Characteristics of the target user, characteristics of users connected to the target user, characteristics of candidate groups in the social networking system may be used to identify groups for recommendation. The social networking system may provide questions to the target user and recommend a group to the target user based on received answers to the questions. For example, the answers to the provided question identify one or more characteristics of the target user, which are used to select a group for recommendation. Additionally, the social networking system may recommend additional users for the target user to add or invite to a group based on characteristics of the target user, the additional users, and/or the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, William Russell Maschmeyer, Bin Jiang, Kenneth M. Lau, Michael Novati
  • Publication number: 20140067943
    Abstract: Based on information associated with users, a social networking system recommends one or more groups for a target user to join or to create. Characteristics of the target user, characteristics of users connected to the target user, characteristics of candidate groups in the social networking system may be used to identify groups for recommendation. The social networking system may provide questions to the target user and recommend a group to the target user based on received answers to the questions. For example, the answers to the provided question identify one or more characteristics of the target user, which are used to select a group for recommendation. Additionally, the social networking system may recommend additional users for the target user to add or invite to a group based on characteristics of the target user, the additional users, and/or the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, William Russell Maschmeyer, Bin Jiang, Kenneth M. Lau, Michael Novati
  • Publication number: 20140067826
    Abstract: Based on information associated with users, a social networking system recommends one or more groups for a target user to join or to create. Characteristics of the target user, characteristics of users connected to the target user, characteristics of candidate groups in the social networking system may be used to identify groups for recommendation. The social networking system may provide questions to the target user and recommend a group to the target user based on received answers to the questions. For example, the answers to the provided question identify one or more characteristics of the target user, which are used to select a group for recommendation. Additionally, the social networking system may recommend additional users for the target user to add or invite to a group based on characteristics of the target user, the additional users, and/or the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Todd Christopher Jackson, William Russell Maschmeyer, Bin Jiang, Kenneth M. Lau, Michael Novati