Inventor · Houston, TX, US

Ronald E. Pringle

125Patents
36h-index
29Co-inventors
90Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 27, 1978 → Jan 19, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5411085A Spoolable coiled tubing completion system Fixed Constructions 157 Expired
US5542473A Simplified sealing and anchoring device for a well tool Fixed Constructions 141 Expired
US4520870A Well flow control device Fixed Constructions 105 Expired
US4531581A Piston actuated high temperature well packer Fixed Constructions 104 Expired
US5394951A Bottom hole drilling assembly Fixed Constructions 94 Expired
US5542472A Metal coiled tubing with signal transmitting passageway Physics 93 Expired
US5316094A Well orienting tool and/or thruster Physics 85 Expired
US4161219A Piston actuated well safety valve Fixed Constructions 84 Expired
US5257663A Electrically operated safety release joint Fixed Constructions 74 Expired
US4534414A Hydraulic control fluid communication nipple Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Expired
US6070608A Variable orifice gas lift valve for high flow rates with detachable power source and method of using Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US6302203A Apparatus and method for communicating with devices positioned outside a liner in a wellbore Fixed Constructions 68 Expired
US6068015A Sidepocket mandrel with orienting feature Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US6328109A Downhole valve Fixed Constructions 63 Expired
US6276458A Apparatus and method for controlling fluid flow Fixed Constructions 60 Expired
US6378610B2 Communicating with devices positioned outside a liner in a wellbore Fixed Constructions 59 Expired
US4510994A Pump out sub Fixed Constructions 58 Expired
US4252197A Piston actuated well safety valve Fixed Constructions 58 Expired
US5469878A Coiled tubing concentric gas lift valve assembly Fixed Constructions 58 Expired
US5425420A Spoolable coiled tubing completion system Fixed Constructions 57 Expired
US6012518A Electro-hydraulic well tool actuator Fixed Constructions 55 Expired
US4844166A Method and apparatus for recompleting wells with coil tubing Fixed Constructions 54 Expired
US4771831A Liquid level actuated sleeve valve Fixed Constructions 53 Expired
USRE36723E Spoolable coiled tubing completion system General 52 Expired
US5465793A Spoolable flexible hydraulic controlled annular control valve Fixed Constructions 51 Expired

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