Inventor · Tomball, TX, US

Carl A. Robbins

22Patents
12h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: May 29, 1979 → Nov 30, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5678643A Acoustic logging while drilling tool to determine bed boundaries Fixed Constructions 149 Expired
US6400646B1 Method for compensating for remote clock offset Electricity 67 Expired
US6374913B1 Sensor array suitable for long term placement inside wellbore casing Fixed Constructions 62 Expired
US5644186A Acoustic Transducer for LWD tool Physics 51 Expired
US6131694A Vertical seismic profiling in a drilling tool Physics 51 Expired
US5780784A Cancellation of tool mode signal from combined signal Physics 29 Expired
US4450354A Gain stabilized natural gamma ray detection of casing thickness in a borehole Physics 28 Expired
US5726951A Standoff compensation for acoustic logging while drilling systems Physics 26 Expired
US7212075B2 Downhole clock having temperature compensation Electricity 20 Expired
US4300043A Stabilized radioactive logging method and apparatus Physics 18 Expired
US6478107B1 Axially extended downhole seismic source Physics 15 Expired
US4481597A Borehole spectral analog to digital converter Electricity 13 Expired
US7339852B2 Seismic acquisition system Physics 11 Expired
US4459479A Determination of casing thickness using a natural gamma ray spectroscopy technique Physics 10 Expired
US9022145B2 Vibration detection in a drill string based on multi-positioned sensors Physics 6 Active
US10066474B2 Vibration detection in a drill string based on multi-positioned sensors Physics 5 Active
US8749400B2 Symbol synchronization for downhole OFDM telemetry Electricity 4 Active
US8193946B2 Training for directional detection Fixed Constructions 4 Active
US8634273B2 Acoustic telemetry system using passband equalization Fixed Constructions 2 Active
US10060248B2 Vibration detection in a drill string based on multi-positioned sensors Physics 1 Active
US9477008B2 Method and system of transmitting acoustic signals from a wellbore Fixed Constructions 1 Active
US10295692B2 Fracture detection and localization using acoustic reflections Physics 1 Active

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