Patents by Inventor William Clayton Ross

William Clayton Ross 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: 20200278474
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of generating a basin fill model using a set of known paleogeographic characteristic parameters, for a specified basin location and time interval. The basin fill model can be used to assist in predicting the location of submarine fan deposits containing commercially valuable hydrocarbons or minerals. The generated models and predicted locations can be used in a well system operation plan. A computer program product is also disclosed that can retrieve sets of known paleogeographic data and generate multiple interim models and parameters that can be used for further predictions on where, and at what depth, valuable deposits may be found. Addi-tionally, a basin fill modeling system is disclosed that can retrieve and store known characteristic parameters for various geographic locations and time periods and utilize those characteristic parameters in algorithms to generate basin fill models and to predict where valuable submarine fan deposits are located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: William Clayton Ross, Kurt Alan Ranzinger
  • Publication number: 20190004197
    Abstract: Systems and methods for updating models of complex geological sequences using a sediment accumulation rate volume derived from a depth view and a time view of the complex geological sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: William Clayton ROSS, Alice Jessica BUTT, Kieran BOWEN
  • Patent number: 10145986
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modelling complex geological sequences representing new actual surfaces within a gross interval thickness using geologic rules based on facies data and paleographic maps represented by MRS shoreline facies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: William Clayton Ross, Kieran Bowen
  • Publication number: 20170315265
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modelling complex geological sequences representing new actual surfaces within a gross interval thickness using geologic rules based on facies data and paleographic maps represented by MRS shoreline facies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: William Clayton Ross, Kieran Bowen