Inventor · Houston, TX, US

Otto N. Fanini

92Patents
22h-index
114Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 3, 1984 → Apr 24, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6218662A Downhole carbon dioxide gas analyzer Physics 209 Expired
US5781436A Method and apparatus for transverse electromagnetic induction well logging Fixed Constructions 120 Expired
US6044325A Conductivity anisotropy estimation method for inversion processing of measurements made by a transverse electromagnetic induction logging instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 111 Expired
US5999883A Conductivity anisotropy estimation method for inversion processing of measurements made by a transverse electromagnetic induction logging instrument Fixed Constructions 99 Expired
US9506333B2 One trip multi-interval plugging, perforating and fracking method Fixed Constructions 70 Active
US6470274B1 Water saturation and sand fraction determination from borehole resistivity imaging tool, transverse induction logging and a tensorial dual water saturation model Physics 61 Expired
US6900640B2 Method and apparatus for a multi-component induction instrument measuring system for geosteering and formation resistivity data interpretation in horizontal, vertical and deviated wells Physics 56 Expired
US5854991A Method for inversion processing of transverse electromagnetic induction well logging measurements Fixed Constructions 56 Expired
US6529833B2 Reservoir monitoring in a laminated reservoir using 4-D time lapse data and multicomponent induction data Physics 54 Expired
US6627873B2 Down hole gas analyzer method and apparatus Physics 54 Expired
US6819111B2 METHOD OF DETERMINING VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL RESISTIVITY, AND RELATIVE DIP IN ANISOTROPIC EARTH FORMATIONS HAVING AN ARBITRARY ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ANTENNA COMBINATION AND ORIENTATION WITH ADDITIONAL ROTATION AND POSITION MEASUREMENTS Physics 54 Expired
US6111409A Nuclear magnetic reasonance fluid characterization apparatus and method for using with electric wireline formation testing instruments Physics 50 Expired
US6586939B1 Method and apparatus for reducing the effects of parasitic and galvanic currents in a resistivity measuring tool Physics 47 Expired
US6493632B1 Water saturation and sand fraction determination from borehole resistivity imaging tool, transverse induction logging and a tensorial water saturation model Physics 39 Expired
US6677756B2 Multi-component induction instrument Physics 38 Expired
US5543715A Method and apparatus for measuring formation resistivity through casing using single-conductor electrical logging cable Physics 38 Expired
US6686736B2 Combined characterization and inversion of reservoir parameters from nuclear, NMR and resistivity measurements Physics 37 Expired
US6711502B2 Water saturation and sand fraction determination from borehole resistivity imaging tool, transverse induction logging and a tensorial water saturation model Physics 33 Expired
US6466872B1 Method for determination of apparent resistivities of anisotropic reservoirs Physics 30 Expired
US5600246A Method and apparatus for reducing signal-phase error in induction well logging instruments Physics 29 Expired
US6885947B2 Method for joint interpretation of multi-array induction and multi-component induction measurements with joint dip angle estimation Physics 22 Expired
US4641308A Method of internal self-test of microprocessor using microcode Electricity 22 Expired
US6734675B2 Apparatus accurately measuring properties of a formation Physics 22 Expired
US7463035B2 Method and apparatus for the use of multicomponent induction tool for geosteering and formation resistivity data interpretation in horizontal wells Physics 21 Expired
US5680049A Apparatus for measuring formation resistivity through a conductive casing having a coaxial tubing inserted therein Fixed Constructions 19 Expired

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