Inventor · Belleville, IL, US

Michael Hayes

21Patents
10h-index
48Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 9, 1995 → Sep 1, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5577566A Releasing tool Fixed Constructions 123 Expired
US6056060A Compensator system for wellbore tubulars Fixed Constructions 104 Expired
US6000472A Wellbore tubular compensator system Fixed Constructions 100 Expired
US7874352B2 Apparatus for gripping a tubular on a drilling rig Fixed Constructions 64 Active
US7370707B2 Method and apparatus for handling wellbore tubulars Fixed Constructions 53 Expired
US6082224A Power tong Fixed Constructions 51 Expired
US8141642B2 Fill up and circulation tool and mudsaver valve Fixed Constructions 38 Active
US8567512B2 Apparatus for gripping a tubular on a drilling rig Fixed Constructions 37 Active
US8757937B1 Drill template tool with integral seal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US9109979B2 Z-axis test coupon structure and method for additive manufacturing process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US7249637B2 Method and device to clamp control lines to tubulars Fixed Constructions 10 Expired
US8733447B2 Landing string compensator Fixed Constructions 7 Active
US7926577B2 Methods and apparatus for supporting tubulars Fixed Constructions 6 Active
US7740078B2 Method and device to clamp control lines to tubulars Fixed Constructions 5 Active
US9689783B2 Z-axis test coupon structure and method for additive manufacturing process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US10138690B2 Apparatus for gripping a tubular on a drilling rig Fixed Constructions 3 Active
US9353603B2 Landing string compensator Fixed Constructions 1 Active
US10201940B2 Apparatus and method to predetermine a mechanical property of a three-dimensional object built by additive manufacturing Physics 1 Active
US9212527B2 Pipe handling system Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US8833470B2 Pipe handling system Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US9650873B2 Landing string compensator Fixed Constructions 0 Active

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