Inventor · Houston, TX, US

Thomas D. Barber

39Patents
17h-index
42Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 12, 1982 → Dec 18, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6297639A Method and apparatus for directional well logging with a shield having sloped slots Physics 118 Expired
US4837517A Spatial frequency method and apparatus for investigating earth conductivity with high vertical resolution by induction techniques Physics 108 Expired
US4651101A Induction logging sonde with metallic support Fixed Constructions 84 Expired
US4873488A Induction logging sonde with metallic support having a coaxial insulating sleeve member Physics 77 Expired
US6351127B1 Shielding method and apparatus for selective attenuation of an electromagnetic energy field component Physics 55 Expired
US6690170B2 Antenna structures for electromagnetic well logging tools Electricity 55 Expired
US6573722B2 Method and apparatus for cancellation of borehole effects due to a tilted or transverse magnetic dipole Physics 51 Expired
US8638104B2 Method for determining spatial distribution of fluid injected into subsurface rock formations Physics 41 Active
US7038457B2 Constructing co-located antennas by winding a wire through an opening in the support Electricity 39 Expired
US6680613B2 Method and apparatus for cancellation of borehole effects due to a tilted or transverse magnetic dipole Physics 33 Expired
US4471436A Phasor processing of induction logs including shoulder and skin effect correction Physics 32 Expired
US5184079A Method and apparatus for correcting data developed from a well tool disposed at a dip angle in a wellbore to eliminate the effects of the dip angle on the data Physics 30 Expired
US6380744B2 Shielding apparatus for selective attenuation of an electromagnetic energy field component Physics 23 Expired
US6710601B2 Borehole current correction for tilted or transverse magnetic dipoles on conductive supports Physics 23 Expired
US6624634B2 Borehole current correction methods and apparatus Physics 22 Expired
US6557794B2 Coil shielding method for selective attenuation of an electromagnetic energy field component Physics 22 Expired
US4513376A Phasor processing of induction logs including skin effect correction Physics 21 Expired
US7091877B2 Apparatus and methods for determining isotropic and anisotropic formation resistivity in the presence of invasion Physics 17 Expired
US6933726B2 Apparatus and methods for reducing borehole current effects Physics 16 Expired
US7414391B2 Electromagnetic logging tool calibration system Physics 15 Expired
US7286091B2 Co-located antennas Electricity 13 Expired
US6047240A Method and apparatus for evaluating the resistivity of invaded formations at high apparent dip angle Physics 11 Expired
US7386430B2 Method of correcting triaxial induction arrays for borehole effect Physics 11 Expired
US4800496A Method for determining induction sonde error Physics 10 Expired
US7042225B2 Apparatus and methods for induction-SFL logging Physics 9 Expired

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