Kurt Nihei
18Patents
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14Co-inventors
53Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 15, 1997 → Nov 27, 2013
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.