Inventor · Missouri City, TX, US

Nitin Y. Vaidya

21Patents
11h-index
43Co-inventors
67Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 10, 2005 → Jul 10, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8231947B2 Oilfield elements having controlled solubility and methods of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 185 Active
US7665537B2 System and method to seal using a swellable material Fixed Constructions 129 Active
US7909110B2 Anchoring and sealing system for cased hole wells Fixed Constructions 81 Active
US7604049B2 Polymeric composites, oilfield elements comprising same, and methods of using same in oilfield applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Active
US7938191B2 Method and apparatus for controlling elastomer swelling in downhole applications Fixed Constructions 67 Active
US8490707B2 Oilfield apparatus and method comprising swellable elastomers Fixed Constructions 51 Active
US7373991B2 Swellable elastomer-based apparatus, oilfield elements comprising same, and methods of using same in oilfield applications Fixed Constructions 49 Expired
US8499843B2 System and method to seal using a swellable material Fixed Constructions 22 Active
US7836960B2 Method for running a continuous communication line through a packer Fixed Constructions 19 Active
US8011438B2 Downhole flow control with selective permeability Fixed Constructions 14 Active
US7687571B2 Swellable elastomer-based apparatus, oilfield elements comprising same, and methods of using same in oilfield applications Fixed Constructions 11 Active
US8191644B2 Temperature-activated swellable wellbore completion device and method Fixed Constructions 9 Active
US8235108B2 Swell packer and method of manufacturing Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Active
US8662249B2 Multi-layered sound attenuation mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8662172B2 Methods to gravel pack a well using expanding materials Chemistry; Metallurgy 7 Active
US8225880B2 Method and system for zonal isolation Fixed Constructions 6 Active
US8794310B2 Support tube for a swell packer, swell packer, method of manufacturing a swell packer, and method for using a swell packer Fixed Constructions 5 Active
US8960313B2 Packer deployed formation sensor Fixed Constructions 4 Active
US8464581B2 Passive monitoring system for a liquid flow Fixed Constructions 4 Active
US8651179B2 Swellable downhole device of substantially constant profile Fixed Constructions 3 Active
US8696963B2 Functionally graded swellable packers Fixed Constructions 0 Active

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