Inventor · Missouri City, TX, US

Brian Clark

117Patents
34h-index
116Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 16, 1982 → Aug 23, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4899112A Well logging apparatus and method for determining formation resistivity at a shallow and a deep depth Physics 159 Expired
US5235285A Well logging apparatus having toroidal induction antenna for measuring, while drilling, resistivity of earth formations Physics 158 Expired
US4536714A Shields for antennas of borehole logging devices Electricity 119 Expired
US6297639A Method and apparatus for directional well logging with a shield having sloped slots Physics 118 Expired
US5594343A Well logging apparatus and method with borehole compensation including multiple transmitting antennas asymmetrically disposed about a pair of receiving antennas Physics 109 Expired
US4949045A Well logging apparatus having a cylindrical housing with antennas formed in recesses and covered with a waterproof rubber layer Physics 105 Expired
US5200705A Dipmeter apparatus and method using transducer array having longitudinally spaced transducers Fixed Constructions 105 Expired
US4766384A Well logging apparatus for determining dip, azimuth, and invaded zone conductivity Physics 102 Expired
US5339036A Logging while drilling apparatus with blade mounted electrode for determining resistivity of surrounding formation Physics 98 Expired
US6308137A Method and apparatus for communication with a downhole tool Fixed Constructions 98 Expired
US6577244B1 Method and apparatus for downhole signal communication and measurement through a metal tubular Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 96 Expired
US7909096B2 Method and apparatus of reservoir stimulation while running casing Fixed Constructions 89 Active
US6727827B1 Measurement while drilling electromagnetic telemetry system using a fixed downhole receiver Fixed Constructions 87 Expired
US7913773B2 Bidirectional drill string telemetry for measuring and drilling control Physics 82 Active
US5359324A Well logging apparatus for investigating earth formations Physics 76 Expired
US4968940A Well logging apparatus and method using two spaced apart transmitters with two receivers located between the transmitters Physics 75 Expired
US6614229B1 System and method for monitoring a reservoir and placing a borehole using a modified tubular Fixed Constructions 70 Expired
US4553097A Well logging apparatus and method using transverse magnetic mode Physics 60 Expired
US6351127B1 Shielding method and apparatus for selective attenuation of an electromagnetic energy field component Physics 55 Expired
US8004421B2 Wellbore telemetry and noise cancellation systems and method for the same Physics 54 Active
US7096961B2 Method and apparatus for performing diagnostics in a wellbore operation Fixed Constructions 52 Expired
US6573722B2 Method and apparatus for cancellation of borehole effects due to a tilted or transverse magnetic dipole Physics 51 Expired
US4704581A Electromagnetic logging apparatus using vertical magnetic dipole slot antennas Physics 51 Expired
USRE32913E Shields for antennas of borehole logging devices General 46 Expired
US6863127B2 System and method for making an opening in a subsurface tubular for reservoir monitoring Fixed Constructions 46 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.