Inventor · Oakland, CA, US

Kurt Nihei

18Patents
3h-index
14Co-inventors
53Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 15, 1997 → Nov 27, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8116167B2 Method and system for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Physics 17 Active
US8923092B2 System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating coded signals Physics 9 Active
US8345509B2 System and method to create three-dimensional images of non-linear acoustic properties in a region remote from a borehole Physics 5 Active
US7839718B2 Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Physics 3 Active
US6108606A Waveguide disturbance detection method Physics 3 Expired
US9453926B2 System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation using compressional acoustic sources Physics 3 Active
US8547791B2 Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Physics 2 Active
US8289808B2 System and method to estimate compressional to shear velocity (VP/VS) ratio in a region remote from a borehole Physics 2 Active
US9223039B2 System and method for generating micro-seismic events and characterizing properties of a medium with non-linear acoustic interactions Physics 2 Active
US8942063B2 Data acquisition and processing system and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation Physics 1 Active
US8559269B2 Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Physics 1 Active
US8547790B2 Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Physics 1 Active
US9110179B2 Integrated system for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation Physics 0 Active
US9110178B2 System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating conical broadcast signals Physics 0 Active
US9360573B2 System and method for generating 3D images of non-linear properties of rock formation using surface seismic or surface to borehole seismic or both Physics 0 Active
US8233349B2 System for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Physics 0 Active
US8259530B2 System for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Physics 0 Active
US9046620B2 System and method for investigating sub-surface features and 3D imaging of non-linear property, compressional velocity VP, shear velocity VS and velocity ratio VP/VS of a rock formation Physics 0 Active

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