Colin Gillan
24Patents
6h-index
17Co-inventors
62Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 19, 2008 → Jul 12, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8672055B2 | Automated directional drilling apparatus and methods | Fixed Constructions | 61 | Active |
| US8510081B2 | Drilling scorecard | Fixed Constructions | 53 | Active |
| US9784089B2 | Automated directional drilling apparatus and methods | Fixed Constructions | 38 | Active |
| US9290995B2 | Drill string oscillation methods | Fixed Constructions | 25 | Active |
| US9784035B2 | Drill pipe oscillation regime and torque controller for slide drilling | Fixed Constructions | 24 | Active |
| US10094209B2 | Drill pipe oscillation regime for slide drilling | Fixed Constructions | 19 | Active |
| US10508530B2 | Systems, devices, and methods for generating an adjusted ideal drilling path | Fixed Constructions | 6 | Active |
| US10961837B2 | Downhole 3D geo steering viewer for a drilling apparatus | Fixed Constructions | 2 | Active |
| US10851640B2 | Nonstop transition from rotary drilling to slide drilling | Fixed Constructions | 2 | Active |
| US11174718B2 | Automatic steering instructions for directional motor drilling | Fixed Constructions | 2 | Active |
| US11143011B2 | Real-time modification of a slide drilling segment based on continuous downhole data | Fixed Constructions | 1 | Active |
| US10731453B2 | System and method of automating a slide drilling operation | Fixed Constructions | 1 | Active |
| US11473417B2 | Downhole 3D geo steering viewer for a drilling apparatus | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US11111770B2 | Automated steering using operating constraints | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US11136882B2 | Automated drilling instructions for steerable drilling systems | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US12264573B2 | Method and apparatus for steering a bit using a quill and based on learned relationships | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US11434743B2 | Automated directional drilling apparatus and methods | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US12060788B2 | Avoiding collision with offset well(s) having a trajectory, or trajectories, closing on a drilling well | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US12385373B2 | Methods and apparatus for creating and using a multi-dimensional data matrix to identify an optimum rotary steerable system setting | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US11725494B2 | Method and apparatus for automatically modifying a drilling path in response to a reversal of a predicted trend | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US11236601B2 | System and method of automating a slide drilling operation | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US11970929B2 | Methods and apparatus to create and implement a steering command for a rotary steerable system | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US11859487B2 | Devices, systems and methods to calculate slide stability | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US10794169B2 | Systems, devices, and methods for generating drilling windows | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.