Inventor · Sugar Land, TX, US

Gregory N. Gilbert

37Patents
20h-index
42Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 20, 1987 → Jun 18, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6325146A Methods of downhole testing subterranean formations and associated apparatus therefor Fixed Constructions 88 Expired
US5230244A Formation flush pump system for use in a wireline formation test tool Fixed Constructions 75 Expired
US4879900A Hydraulic system in formation test tools having a hydraulic pad pressure priority system and high speed extension of the setting pistons Fixed Constructions 49 Expired
US6527052B2 Methods of downhole testing subterranean formations and associated apparatus therefor Fixed Constructions 49 Expired
US6446720B1 Methods of downhole testing subterranean formations and associated apparatus therefor Fixed Constructions 48 Expired
US5040619A Wireline supported perforating gun enabling oriented perforations Fixed Constructions 44 Expired
US5211714A Wireline supported perforating gun enabling oriented perforations Fixed Constructions 43 Expired
US6729398B2 Methods of downhole testing subterranean formations and associated apparatus therefor Fixed Constructions 42 Expired
US7191672B2 Single phase sampling apparatus and method Physics 37 Expired
US6446719B2 Methods of downhole testing subterranean formations and associated apparatus therefor Fixed Constructions 37 Expired
US7216533B2 Methods for using a formation tester Fixed Constructions 36 Expired
US7086463B2 Methods of downhole testing subterranean formations and associated apparatus therefor Fixed Constructions 35 Expired
US7204309B2 MWD formation tester Fixed Constructions 30 Expired
US7966875B2 Methods and apparatus for measuring formation properties Fixed Constructions 29 Active
US5626200A Screen and bypass arrangement for LWD tool turbine Fixed Constructions 28 Expired
US4845982A Hydraulic circuit for use in wireline formation tester Fixed Constructions 24 Expired
US7021375B2 Methods of downhole testing subterranean formations and associated apparatus therefor Fixed Constructions 24 Expired
US5906354A Ball valve for lethal gas or fluid service Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
US5483895A Detonation system for detonating explosive charges in well Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
US7260985B2 Formation tester tool assembly and methods of use Physics 21 Expired
US7073579B2 Methods of downhole testing subterranean formations and associated apparatus therefor Fixed Constructions 18 Expired
US5375659A Sonde supported operating system for control of formation production fluid flow Fixed Constructions 14 Expired
US8235106B2 Formation testing and sampling apparatus and methods Fixed Constructions 14 Active
US7603897B2 Downhole probe assembly Physics 12 Expired
US7395879B2 MWD formation tester Fixed Constructions 9 Active

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