Inventor · Fort Worth, TX, US

Thomas J. Blankinship

17Patents
9h-index
15Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 15, 1984 → May 24, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8164050B2 Multi-channel source assembly for downhole spectroscopy Physics 59 Active
US5377160A Transmitter and receiver to radially scan the cementing conditions in cased wells Physics 49 Expired
US8536516B2 Multi-channel source assembly for downhole spectroscopy Physics 48 Active
US6050141A Method and apparatus for acoustic logging of fluid density and wet cement plugs in boreholes Physics 26 Expired
US5631413A Fluid holdup tool and flow meter for deviated wells Fixed Constructions 26 Expired
US8542353B2 Refractive index sensor for fluid analysis Physics 15 Active
US6538958B1 Method and apparatus for acoustics logging of fluid density and wet cement plugs in boreholes Physics 11 Expired
US4530161A Caliper tool using magnetostrictive displacement transducer Physics 10 Expired
US7755972B2 Borehole apparatus and methods for simultaneous multimode excitation and reception to determine elastic wave velocities, elastic modulii, degree of anisotropy and elastic symmetry configurations Physics 10 Active
US6189383A Method and apparatus for acoustic logging of fluid density and wet cement plugs in boreholes Physics 9 Expired
US7471591B2 Method and apparatus for azimuthal logging of shear waves in boreholes using optionally rotatable transmitter and receiver assemblies Physics 5 Expired
US8735803B2 Multi-channel detector assembly for downhole spectroscopy Physics 5 Active
US7646674B2 Borehole apparatus and methods for simultaneous multimode excitation and reception to determine elastic wave velocities, elastic modulii, degree of anisotropy and elastic symmetry configurations Physics 3 Active
US7529150B2 Borehole apparatus and methods for simultaneous multimode excitation and reception to determine elastic wave velocities, elastic modulii, degree of anisotropy and elastic symmetry configurations Physics 2 Active
US10174604B2 Ultrasonic cement and casing thickness evaluation Physics 1 Active
US10358905B2 Ultrasonic logging methods and apparatus for measuring cement and casing properties using acoustic echoes Physics 1 Active
US9715025B2 Normalization of sector amplitudes using monopole amplitudes Physics 0 Active

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