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Bill Grant, Austin, TX US
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| 20090260798 | ACTIVE MUD VALVE SYSTEM - A downhole tool pumping apparatus comprising a body and an active valve block. The body comprises a cavity housing a reciprocating piston defining first and second chambers within the cavity. The active valve block comprises a plurality of active valves, wherein the plurality of active valves includes a first active valve fluidly connected to the first chamber of the body, the plurality of active valves includes a second active valve fluidly connected to the second chamber of the body, and each of the plurality of active valves is configured to be actively actuated between open and closed positions. | 10-22-2009 |
Bill Grant, Cedar Creek, TX US
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| 20100265492 | HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY CELL - Devices, methods and systems for making optical measurements of a fluid at elevated pressures and temperatures are disclosed. A cell is designed for the optical spectroscopic measurements of fluids or gas using light from ultra violet (UV) to far infrared wavelengths, among other wavelengths. A cell is described that is well suited for applications using very small fluid volumes, on the order of micro liters, such as microfluidic systems. Some described embodiments are suited for very high pressure and temperature environments (for example, 20 kpsi or greater at 175 degree C. or greater). Such conditions, for example, may be found in oilfield downhole environments. Some embodiments provide are inexpensive, and make use of replaceable lenses that are used as a pressure barrier and for collimation of the optical beam path for spectroscopic measurements. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268469 | MICROFLUIDIC OSCILLATING TUBE DENSITOMETER FOR DOWNHOLE APPLICATIONS - Devices, methods and systems for determining one or more properties of at least one fluid sample. A tube configured to receive the at least one fluid sample wherein the tube is placed in a pressure housing. Further, an excitation source configured to generate vibration of the tube whereby a circulation of an electrical current along a portion of the tube is subjected to at least one magnetic field produced by at least one magnet. Further still, at least one vibration sensor that converts vibrations of the tube into a measurement signal. Finally, a processor that receives the measurement signal determines a resonant frequency from the measurement signal using a frequency measuring device to determine a property of the one or more properties of the at least one sample fluid. | 10-21-2010 |
Curtis Grant, Flower Mound, TX US
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| 20110202419 | Method and system for facilitation of wireless e-commerce transactions - A method for facilitating a wireless transaction includes receiving, by a transaction fulfillment system, a transaction request from a transaction requester and verifying an identity of the transaction requester. After verifying the identity of the transaction requester, a transaction code is communicated from the transaction fulfillment system to a wireless communication device. After receiving the transaction code, the transaction code is optically scanned from a visual display of the wireless communication device by the transaction fulfillment system. | 08-18-2011 |
David Alexander Grant, Dallas, TX US
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| 20090045842 | LOW-DELAY COMPLIMENTARY METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS) TO EMITTER-COUPLED LOGIC (ECL) CONVERTERS, METHODS AND APPARATUS - Example low-delay complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) to emitter-coupled logic (ECL) converters, methods and apparatus are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a reference level generator circuit to generate first and second reference signals and a bias signal based on a CMOS supply voltage, a source follower circuit to convert a CMOS input signal to a single-ended ECL signal based on the first and second reference signals, and an ECL buffer circuit to convert the single-ended ECL signal to a differential ECL output signal based on the bias signal and an ECL supply voltage. | 02-19-2009 |
Douglas W. Grant, Austin, TX US
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| 20090128144 | High Pressure/High Temperature Magnetic Resonance Tool - The present invention pertains to an apparatus and method for conducting magnetic resonance measurements on fluids at high pressures and/or high temperatures. The apparatus can be used in conjunction with or as part of a downhole fluid sampling tool to perform NMR measurements on fluids withdrawn from petroleum reservoirs, or can also be used for laboratory measurements on live reservoir fluids. The apparatus can perform all of the measurements made by modern NMR logging tools, including multi-dimensional distribution functions of spin-spin (T | 05-21-2009 |
| 20110068787 | MEASUREMENTS IN NON-INVADED FORMATIONS - The present invention relates to making one or more measurements in a virgin formation using a downhole tool that includes a miniature logging tool. The downhole tool is disposed in a wellbore penetrating the formation, adjacent to the formation, and a sidetrack borehole is made into the formation. All or a portion of the miniature logging tool is deployed into the sidetrack borehole and measurements are made in the virgin formation using the miniature logging tool. The downhole tool may include a drilling/coring module, a pump module, and packers. The drilling/coring module is used to make the sidetrack borehole, and the packers and pump module can be used to create an underbalanced drilling condition in an isolated section of the wellbore. | 03-24-2011 |
James Simpson Grant, Houston, TX US
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| 20090090191 | Methods and structures for monitoring offshore platform supports - A method for monitoring a leg of an oilfield platform, the platform having a plurality of legs, each leg with a plurality of chords, each chord with a corresponding rack, the platform including a rack-and-pinion leg jacking system with a motor and gear system with pinions for jacking the legs up. The method, in certain aspects, including providing a load monitor with a strain sensing apparatus on a selected pinion of each rack-and-pinion system, providing a rack path differential monitoring system for monitoring rotation of the selected pinions to provide an indication of a linear displacement of the selected pinions for comparison to indicate rack path differential for racks of the legs of the platform. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of the invention, 37 CFR 1.72(b). | 04-09-2009 |
Jeffrey Grant, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20100187412 | SIGMA MEASUREMENT DOWNHOLE - A downhole tool and method for performing a base log sigma measurement of a formation. The tool comprising a nuclear source for irradiating the formation and a detector for obtaining a sigma measurement of the irradiated formation. The tool is mounted close to a drill bit arranged to drill a borehole into the formation and is capable of determining a base log sigma measurement of the formation while drilling into the formation. | 07-29-2010 |
John M. Grant, Austin, TX US
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| 20080217705 | TRENCH FORMATION IN A SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL - A semiconductor device is formed on a semiconductor layer. A gate dielectric layer is formed over the semiconductor layer. A layer of gate material is formed over the gate dielectric layer. The layer of gate material is patterned to form a gate structure. Using the gate structure as a mask, an implant into the semiconductor layer is performed. To form a first patterned gate structure and a trench in the semiconductor layer surrounding a first portion and a second portion of the semiconductor layer and the gate, an etch through the gate structure and the semiconductor layer is performed. The trench is filled with insulating material. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080261374 | SEPARATE LAYER FORMATION IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is formed. A first gate dielectric layer is formed over the semiconductor layer. A first conductive layer is formed over the first gate dielectric. A first separation layer is formed over the first conductive layer. A trench is formed in the semiconductor layer to separate the first mesa and the second mesa. The trench is filled with an isolation material to a height above a top surface of the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer is removed from the second mesa. A second conductive layer is formed over the first separation layer of the first mesa and over the second mesa. A planarizing etch removes the second conductive layer from over the first mesa. A first transistor of a first type is formed in the first mesa, and a second transistor of a second type is formed in the second mesa. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080274595 | Dual substrate orientation or bulk on SOI integrations using oxidation for silicon epitaxy spacer formation - A semiconductor process and apparatus provide a planarized hybrid substrate ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090152634 | METHOD OF FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of forming a semiconductor device comprises forming a control electrode over a portion of a semiconductor layer, forming recesses extending into the semiconductor layer on opposing sides of the control electrode, and forming doped regions in the semiconductor layer through the recesses. The doped regions form current electrode regions of the semiconductor device and each doped region extends into the semiconductor layer from at least a base of a recess. The method further comprises forming, after forming the doped regions, strained semiconductor regions in the recesses, wherein a junction between each doped region and the semiconductor layer is formed below an interface between a strained semiconductor region and the semiconductor layer. | 06-18-2009 |
Robert Grant, Austin, TX US
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| 20110009701 | OCT USING SPECTRALLY RESOLVED BANDWIDTH - The embodiments disclosed herein is related to a system for optical coherence tomographic imaging of turbid (i.e., scattering) materials utilizing multiple channels of information. The multiple channels of information may be comprised and encompass spatial, angle, spectral and polarization domains. More specifically, the embodiments disclosed herein is related to methods and apparatus for utilizing optical sources, systems or receivers capable of providing (source), processing (system) or recording (receiver) a multiplicity of channels of spectral information for optical coherence tomographic imaging of turbid materials. In these methods and apparatus the multiplicity of channels of spectral information that can be provided by the source, processed by the system, or recorded by the receiver are used to convey simultaneously spatial, spectral or polarimetric information relating to the turbid material being imaged tomographically. The multichannel optical coherence tomographic methods can be incorporated into an endoscopic probe for imaging a patient. The endoscope comprises an optical fiber array and can comprise a plurality of optical fibers adapted to be disposed in the patient. The optical fiber array transmits the light from the light source into the patient, and transmits the light reflected by the patient out of the patient. The plurality of optical fibers in the array is in optical communication with the light source. The multichannel optical coherence tomography system comprises a detector for receiving the light from the array and analyzing the light. The methods and apparatus may be applied for imaging a vessel, biliary, GU and/or GI tract of a patient. | 01-13-2011 |
Robert D. Grant, The Woodlands, TX US
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| 20090272046 | Foldout porch structure - A foldout porch structure, for mounting on a building, includes a base platform and a roof. The base platform, when mounted on the building, pivots near a bottom of a side of the building between a stowed position, along the side of the building, and an extended position, outward from the side of the building. The roof, when mounted on the building, pivots near a top of the side of the building between a stowed position, along the side of the building, and an extended position, outward from the side of the building. | 11-05-2009 |
Stephen R. Grant, Fort Worth, TX US
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| 20090269281 | Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase as a Control Point for Cardiac Hypertrophy - The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating a patient with cardiac hypertrophy by providing the patient with an effective amount of a Calmodulin kinase kinase inhibitor that is sufficient to treat cardiac hypertrophy. | 10-29-2009 |
Tony A. Grant, North Richland Hills, TX US
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| 20100119872 | IRON-BASED HARD FACING ALLOYS WITH RARE EARTH ADDITIONS - A liner material for a backing steel cylinder, comprising an iron-based hard facing alloy comprising at least one rare earth element, and a high pressure cylinder assembly, comprising a backing steel cylinder, and a liner covering at least a portion of an inner surface of the backing steel cylinder, the liner comprising an iron-based hard facing alloy comprising at least a rare earth element are disclosed. The thickness of the liner material in the cylinder ranges from 0.030 inches (762 microns) to 0.375 inches (9525 microns). A method of lining a high pressure cylinder assembly, comprising applying an iron-based hard facing alloy comprising at least one rare earth element onto the backing steel cylinder of the high pressure cylinder assembly is also disclosed. The rare earth element includes cerium in an amount less than 2 weight percent based on the weight of the iron-based hard facing alloy. | 05-13-2010 |
Walter Dee Grant, College Station, TX US
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| 20110257944 | MODELING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING INDUCED FRACTURE NETWORKS AS A DUAL POROSITY SYSTEM - A method for calibrating fracture networks. The method includes estimating an average fracture width of a fracture network using one or more of net fracturing pressure, Poisson's ratio, shear modulus, and fracture height; determining microseismic event envelope and base intensity data using a three-dimensional geomodel including microseismic event data; and determining hydraulic fracturing treatment (HFT) fracture intensity of post-hydraulic fracturing treatment (post-HFT) based on the average fracture width and HFT volume data. The method further includes calibrating the base intensity data to the HFT fracture intensity to obtain calibrated HFT fracture intensity, determining a proppant transportation and distribution scenario, and generating a dual porosity reservoir model based on the calibrated HFT fracture intensity and the proppant transportation and distribution scenario. | 10-20-2011 |
William E. Grant, Angelton, TX US
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| 20090186971 | POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITON AND METHOD OF PREPARING - The present invention provides a polyamide resin composition and a method of preparing the composition. The composition includes a first polyamide resin, a second polyamide resin different from the first, a transition metal, and a lubricant. The first polyamide resin has an extractable fraction of nylon 6 oligomer at least one percent as determined by ISO 6427. The composition is optimized for relative viscosity, viscosity number, moisture content, and an amount of extractables. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20110196093 | METHOD OF FORMING A POLYAMIDE - A method polymerizes a monomer to form a polyamide having a reagent incorporated therein. In the method, a masterbatch is formed that includes the reagent. The masterbatch and the monomer are introduced into a reactor, and the monomer is polymerized in the presence of the reagent to form the polyamide having the reagent incorporated therein. The monomer may be a caprolactam monomer that may be polymerized in a VK tube reactor to form polyamide 6 having at least one free acid site. The reagent may be present in an amount of from 1 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the masterbatch. Additionally, the masterbatch and caprolactam may be introduced into the top of the VK tube reactor. | 08-11-2011 |