Inventor · Santa Fe, NM, US

Paul A. Johnson

20Patents
5h-index
18Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 4, 1993 → Dec 6, 2019

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
US11341410B1 Subsurface stress criticality associated with fluid injection and determined using machine learning Physics 16 Active
US11169288B1 Failure prediction and estimation of failure parameters Physics 14 Active
US8923092B2 System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating coded signals Physics 9 Active
US6330827A Resonant nonlinear ultrasound spectroscopy Physics 9 Expired
US5369997A Active doublet method for measuring small changes in physical properties Physics 5 Expired
US8345509B2 System and method to create three-dimensional images of non-linear acoustic properties in a region remote from a borehole Physics 5 Active
US8576661B2 Device and method for imaging of non-linear and linear properties of formations surrounding a borehole Physics 4 Active
US8553495B2 Device and method for imaging of non-linear and linear properties of formations surrounding a borehole Physics 3 Active
US9453926B2 System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation using compressional acoustic sources Physics 3 Active
US11067711B2 Time-reversed nonlinear acoustic downhole pore pressure measurements Physics 3 Active
US9223039B2 System and method for generating micro-seismic events and characterizing properties of a medium with non-linear acoustic interactions 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
US11079505B2 Time-reversed nonlinear acoustics for downhole pressure measurements Physics 1 Active
US8942063B2 Data acquisition and processing system and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation Physics 1 Active
US11029435B2 Downhole nonlinear acoustics measurements in rock formations using dynamic acoustic elasticity and time reversal Physics 1 Active
US9110178B2 System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating conical broadcast signals Physics 0 Active
US9110179B2 Integrated system for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation 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
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

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