Inventor · Berkeley, CA, US

Edward Nichols

46Patents
17h-index
55Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 19, 1978 → May 20, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5162611A Folded ribbon cable assembly having integral shielding Electricity 106 Expired
US5057646A Folded ribbon cable assembly having integral shielding Electricity 106 Expired
US5117122A Integrated outlet for communication and electrical power transmissions with noise reducing characteristics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Expired
US6294917A Electromagnetic induction method and apparatus for the measurement of the electrical resistivity of geologic formations surrounding boreholes cased with a conductive liner Physics 84 Expired
US5397929A Integrated outlet for communications and electrical power Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US6842006B2 Marine electromagnetic measurement system Physics 78 Expired
US6393363B1 Method and apparatus for the measurement of the electrical resistivity of geologic formations employing modeling data Physics 74 Expired
US6534986B2 Permanently emplaced electromagnetic system and method for measuring formation resistivity adjacent to and between wells Physics 54 Expired
US5205758A Communications distribution interface unit assembly Electricity 48 Expired
US7023213B2 Subsurface conductivity imaging systems and methods Physics 35 Expired
US4350843A Method and system for crimping a metal connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US4947278A Remote sensing power disconnect circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US6597178B1 Sensor for detecting the magnetic field in the area of downhole casing Physics 24 Expired
US7825664B2 Resistivity tool with selectable depths of investigation Physics 19 Active
US4542432A Ground fault detection circuit Electricity 19 Expired
US5190468A Ribbon cable connector Electricity 18 Expired
US5185580A Electrical transmission cable termination device having short and open-circuit cable test capabilities Physics 17 Expired
US8638103B2 Electromagnetic logging between borehole and surface Physics 15 Active
US8181057B2 Time synchronization in units at different locations Physics 14 Active
US7633296B2 Receivers and methods for electromagnetic measurements Physics 12 Active
US8731987B2 Method and apparatus to automatically recover well geometry from low frequency electromagnetic signal measurements Physics 12 Active
US7928732B2 Subsurface conductivity imaging systems and methods Physics 11 Active
US7795872B2 Determining correction factors representing effects of different portions of a lining structure Physics 10 Active
US7991553B2 Method and system for removing effects of conductive casings and wellbore and surface heterogeneity in electromagnetic imaging surveys Physics 9 Active
US4165148A Compressible electrical connector with positive mechanical lock Electricity 9 Expired

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