Inventor · Sugar Land, TX, US

J. Ernest Brown

40Patents
27h-index
80Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 6, 1995 → Feb 23, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5979557A Methods for limiting the inflow of formation water and for stimulating subterranean formations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 350 Expired
US5964295A Methods and compositions for testing subterranean formations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 303 Expired
US6435277B1 Compositions containing aqueous viscosifying surfactants and methods for applying such compositions in subterranean formations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 220 Expired
US6306800A Methods of fracturing subterranean formations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 213 Expired
US7581590B2 Heterogeneous proppant placement in a fracture with removable channelant fill Fixed Constructions 137 Active
US6720290B2 Foaming agents for use in coal seam reservoirs Chemistry; Metallurgy 111 Expired
US7946341B2 Systems and methods for distributed interferometric acoustic monitoring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 110 Active
US5551514A Sand control without requiring a gravel pack screen Fixed Constructions 108 Expired
US7810567B2 Methods of producing flow-through passages in casing, and methods of using such casing Fixed Constructions 104 Active
US6915854B2 Foaming agents for use in coal seam reservoirs Chemistry; Metallurgy 91 Expired
US8066068B2 Heterogeneous proppant placement in a fracture with removable channelant fill Fixed Constructions 90 Active
US7909096B2 Method and apparatus of reservoir stimulation while running casing Fixed Constructions 89 Active
US7096954B2 Method and apparatus for placement of multiple fractures in open hole wells Fixed Constructions 73 Expired
USRE36466E Sand control without requiring a gravel pack screen General 72 Expired
US8020620B2 Methods of producing flow-through passages in casing, and methods of using such casing Fixed Constructions 67 Active
US8490700B2 Heterogeneous proppant placement in a fracture with removable channelant fill Fixed Constructions 50 Active
US6412561B1 Methods of fracturing subterranean formations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US8763699B2 Heterogeneous proppant placement in a fracture with removable channelant fill Chemistry; Metallurgy 47 Active
US8636065B2 Heterogeneous proppant placement in a fracture with removable channelant fill Chemistry; Metallurgy 46 Active
US8757259B2 Heterogeneous proppant placement in a fracture with removable channelant fill Chemistry; Metallurgy 45 Active
US9085727B2 Heterogeneous proppant placement in a fracture with removable extrametrical material fill Chemistry; Metallurgy 36 Active
US6419019B1 Method to remove particulate matter from a wellbore using translocating fibers and/or platelets Fixed Constructions 33 Expired
US9523268B2 In situ channelization method and system for increasing fracture conductivity Chemistry; Metallurgy 33 Active
US10030495B2 Heterogeneous proppant placement in a fracture with removable extrametrical material fill Chemistry; Metallurgy 30 Active
US9863230B2 Heterogeneous proppant placement in a fracture with removable extrametrical material fill Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Active

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