Inventor · Dallas, TX, US

Ralph H. Echols

67Patents
27h-index
63Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: May 20, 1985 → Oct 3, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5413180A One trip backwash/sand control system with extendable washpipe isolation Fixed Constructions 161 Expired
US7096945B2 Sand control screen assembly and treatment method using the same Fixed Constructions 152 Expired
US7055598B2 Fluid flow control device and method for use of same Fixed Constructions 146 Expired
US5375662A Hydraulic setting sleeve Fixed Constructions 145 Expired
US5803179A Screened well drainage pipe structure with sealed, variable length labyrinth inlet flow control apparatus Fixed Constructions 139 Expired
US5188182A System containing expendible isolation valve with frangible sealing member, seat arrangement and method for use Fixed Constructions 134 Expired
US6722427B2 Wear-resistant, variable diameter expansion tool and expansion methods Fixed Constructions 124 Expired
US6854522B2 Annular isolators for expandable tubulars in wellbores Fixed Constructions 115 Expired
US6899176B2 Sand control screen assembly and treatment method using the same Fixed Constructions 107 Expired
US6457518B1 Expandable well screen Fixed Constructions 100 Expired
US7252142B2 Annular isolators for expandable tubulars in wellbores Fixed Constructions 76 Expired
US6053250A Gravel pack apparatus Fixed Constructions 74 Expired
US6782948B2 Remotely operated multi-zone packing system Fixed Constructions 72 Expired
US6003607A Wellbore equipment positioning apparatus and associated methods of completing wells Fixed Constructions 67 Expired
US6367552B1 Hydraulically metered travel joint Fixed Constructions 67 Expired
US5857521A Method of using a retrievable screen apparatus Fixed Constructions 65 Expired
US6415509B1 Methods of fabricating a thin-wall expandable well screen assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US6540025B2 Hydraulically metered travel joint method Fixed Constructions 62 Expired
US6032735A Gravel pack apparatus Fixed Constructions 59 Expired
US6488082B2 Remotely operated multi-zone packing system Fixed Constructions 59 Expired
US7048048B2 Expandable sand control screen and method for use of same Fixed Constructions 52 Expired
US6530431B1 Screen jacket assembly connection and methods of using same Fixed Constructions 40 Expired
US7216706B2 Annular isolators for tubulars in wellbores Fixed Constructions 37 Expired
US6155342A Proppant containment apparatus Fixed Constructions 35 Expired
US6854521B2 System and method for creating a fluid seal between production tubing and well casing Fixed Constructions 33 Expired

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