Inventor · Houston, TX, US

James Minto

16Patents
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16Co-inventors
63Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 17, 1979 → Apr 7, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6193010A System for generating a seismic signal in a borehole Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 165 Expired
US6196350A Apparatus and method for attenuating tube waves in a borehole Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 164 Expired
US7046584B2 Compensated ensemble crystal oscillator for use in a well borehole system Physics 56 Expired
US5555220A Slickline conveyed wellbore seismic receiver Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US7230543B2 Downhole clock synchronization apparatus and methods for use in a borehole drilling environment Physics 9 Expired
US4258281A Laminated flux shunt for dynamoelectric machine stator Electricity 9 Expired
US7441628B2 Wellbore signal generator Physics 7 Expired
US7916578B2 Seismic wave generation systems and methods for cased wells Physics 6 Active
US7721809B2 Wellbore instrument module having magnetic clamp for use in cased wellbores Physics 5 Active
US10254432B2 Multi-electrode electric field downhole logging tool Physics 2 Active
US7841403B2 Rotator for wireline conveyed wellbore instruments and method for rotating an instrument in a wellbore Fixed Constructions 2 Active
US8340911B2 Compensated ensemble crystal oscillator for use in a well borehole system Physics 1 Active
US8730762B2 Automatic programmed acquisition using downhole seismic sources Physics 0 Active
US10197694B2 Controlled-frequency downhole seismic source Physics 0 Active
US9383462B2 Seismic device with sealed housing and related methods Physics 0 Active
US9732609B2 Distributed clamps for a downhole seismic source Physics 0 Active

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