Thomas Kruspe
102Patents
20h-index
81Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 6, 1997 → May 23, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9057247B2 | Measurement of downhole component stress and surface conditions | Fixed Constructions | 160 | Active |
| US6427783B1 | Steerable modular drilling assembly | Fixed Constructions | 85 | Expired |
| US6247542A | Non-rotating sensor assembly for measurement-while-drilling applications | Fixed Constructions | 73 | Expired |
| US6429653B1 | Method and apparatus for protecting a sensor in a drill collar | Physics | 67 | Expired |
| US7126332B2 | Downhole high resolution NMR spectroscopy with polarization enhancement | Physics | 65 | Expired |
| US6609579B2 | Drilling assembly with a steering device for coiled-tubing operations | Fixed Constructions | 54 | Expired |
| US6289998A | Downhole tool including pressure intensifier for drilling wellbores | Fixed Constructions | 51 | Expired |
| US6446736B1 | Non-rotating sensor assembly for measurement-while-drilling applications | Fixed Constructions | 50 | Expired |
| US9664011B2 | High-speed camera to monitor surface drilling dynamics and provide optical data link for receiving downhole data | Electricity | 46 | Active |
| US6637524B2 | Non-rotating sensor assembly for measurement-while-drilling applications | Fixed Constructions | 42 | Expired |
| US6727696B2 | Downhole NMR processing | Fixed Constructions | 33 | Expired |
| US7193414B2 | Downhole NMR processing | Fixed Constructions | 27 | Expired |
| US6626254B1 | Drilling assembly with a steering device for coiled-tubing operations | Fixed Constructions | 25 | Expired |
| US7032661B2 | Method and apparatus for combined NMR and formation testing for assessing relative permeability with formation testing and nuclear magnetic resonance testing | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US8564179B2 | Apparatus and method for downhole energy conversion | Fixed Constructions | 22 | Active |
| US6600316B2 | Rapid NMR multi-frequency T1 and T2 acquisition for earth formations evaluation with MWD or wireline tools | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US6114851A | Temperature compensated nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus and method | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US7565833B2 | Automatic adjustment of NMR pulse sequence to optimize SNR based on real time analysis | Physics | 20 | Active |
| US7268547B2 | Correction of motion influences in NMR signals | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US6739409B2 | Method and apparatus for a downhole NMR MWD tool configuration | Fixed Constructions | 20 | Expired |
| US6439046B1 | Apparatus and method for synchronized formation measurement | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5934383A | Steering device for steerable drilling tool | Fixed Constructions | 17 | Expired |
| US7083006B2 | Non-rotating sensor assembly for measurement-while-drilling applications | Fixed Constructions | 17 | Expired |
| US6326785A | Nuclear magnetic resonance tool with magnetostrictive noise compensation | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US7180287B2 | Reduction of motion artifacts in NMR | Physics | 16 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.