John W. Minear
25Patents
20h-index
31Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 31, 1985 → Mar 14, 2000
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5678643A | Acoustic logging while drilling tool to determine bed boundaries | Fixed Constructions | 149 | Expired |
| US6378357B1 | Method of fluid rheology characterization and apparatus therefor | Physics | 93 | Expired |
| US5510582A | Acoustic attenuator, well logging apparatus and method of well logging | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 71 | Expired |
| US6355928B1 | Fiber optic tomographic imaging of borehole fluids | Fixed Constructions | 70 | Expired |
| US6400646B1 | Method for compensating for remote clock offset | Electricity | 67 | Expired |
| US6131658A | Method for permanent emplacement of sensors inside casing | Fixed Constructions | 65 | Expired |
| US5763773A | Rotating multi-parameter bond tool | Fixed Constructions | 60 | Expired |
| US6026913A | Acoustic method of connecting boreholes for multi-lateral completion | Fixed Constructions | 55 | Expired |
| US6131694A | Vertical seismic profiling in a drilling tool | Physics | 51 | Expired |
| US6137747A | Single point contact acoustic transmitter | Fixed Constructions | 44 | Expired |
| US6172614A | Method and apparatus for remote actuation of a downhole device using a resonant chamber | Fixed Constructions | 39 | Expired |
| US5995447A | System and method for processing acoustic signals to image behind reflective layers | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US4947683A | Pulsed ultrasonic doppler borehole fluid measuring apparatus | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US6370082B1 | Acoustic telemetry system with drilling noise cancellation | Fixed Constructions | 35 | Expired |
| US4700803A | Transducer forming compression and shear waves for use in acoustic well logging | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 31 | Expired |
| US6580751B1 | High speed downhole communications network having point to multi-point orthogonal frequency division multiplexing | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US6021093A | Transducer configuration having a multiple viewing position feature | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US5726951A | Standoff compensation for acoustic logging while drilling systems | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US6102152A | Dipole/monopole acoustic transmitter, methods for making and using same in down hole tools | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US6125079A | System and method for providing dual distance transducers to image behind an acoustically reflective layer | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US5124952A | Formation fracture detection using instantaneous characteristics of sonic waveforms | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US6002639A | Sensor configuration for nulling reverberations to image behind reflective layers | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US5841734A | Rotating acoustic transducer head for cement bond evaluation tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US4869349A | Flexcompressional acoustic transducer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US4673033A | Tubing conveyed perforating assembly safety device | Fixed Constructions | 4 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.