Patents by Inventor Tony Flores

Tony Flores 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: 11021926
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method are provided for isolating a portion of a tubing string in a hydrocarbon well. The portion of isolated tubing string can be used to set a packer or test tubing integrity hydrostatically. The apparatus includes a dissolvable valve that is installed in a nipple and positioned below the portion of tubing string. The dissolvable valve includes a ball seat for receiving a dissolvable ball. When the dissolvable ball is dropped into the tubing string and seated on the ball seat of the dissolvable valve, the portion of tubing string is isolated from a second portion of tubing string below the nipple. Wellbore fluids in the hydrocarbon well dissolve the dissolvable valve and the dissolvable ball to leave behind a nipple without any restrictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: PETROFRAC OIL TOOLS
    Inventors: Roddie R. Smith, Tony Flores, Lee Emerson, Robert Joe Coon
  • Publication number: 20200032610
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method are provided for isolating a portion of a tubing string in a hydrocarbon well. The portion of isolated tubing string can be used to set a packer or test tubing integrity hydrostatically. The apparatus includes a dissolvable valve that is installed in a nipple and positioned below the portion of tubing string. The dissolvable valve includes a ball seat for receiving a dissolvable ball. When the dissolvable ball is dropped into the tubing string and seated on the ball seat of the dissolvable valve, the portion of tubing string is isolated from a second portion of tubing string below the nipple. Wellbore fluids in the hydrocarbon well dissolve the dissolvable valve and the dissolvable ball to leave behind a nipple without any restrictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Roddie R. Smith, Tony Flores, Lee Emerson, Robert Joe Coon
  • Publication number: 20070042335
    Abstract: A system and method for collecting responses to assessment or survey items utilizes an input device to store individual responses to items of an assessment or a survey. The input device transmits the individual responses to a receiving unit for storage and analysis. The responses can be transmitted immediately upon completion of an assessment or survey item, at predetermined times during the collection of responses, after a predetermined period of user inactivity or upon completion of a predetermined group of assessment or survey items. The input device can also store a collection file containing all the responses and transmit the collection file after completion of the assessment or survey. The system and method can also utilize a locating device to determine an initial location of an input device and to monitor the current location of the input device during completion of the assessment or survey to detect and deter cheating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: CTB McGraw-Hill
    Inventors: Sylvia Tidwell-Scheuring, Robert Sykes, Theresa Sage, G. Winner, Tony Flores, Karen Burkhart, Maureen Grazioli, Mostafa Mehrabani