Inventor · Braunschweig, DE

Thomas Kruspe

102Patents
20h-index
81Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 6, 1997 → May 23, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.