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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120026003 | Systems and Methods for Downhole Instrument Communication Via Power Cable Systems and methods for reliably communicating data between surface and downhole equipment over a power cable, regardless of the length of the power cable, wherein a transmitter modulates a common data stream onto multiple high frequency carrier signals, each of which h... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110163891 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DOWNHOLE TELEMETRY Subterranean oilfield high-temperature devices configured or designed to facilitate downhole monitoring and high data transmission rates with remotely pumped lasers that are configured for operation downhole, within a borehole, at temperatures in excess of 115 degrees C... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20100289668 | Power and Signal Distribution System A power and signal distribution system comprises a converter unit connected to a plurality of control units. The converter unit and the control units are arranged in areas difficult to access, for instance on the sea bed. The converter unit is connected to a remote moni... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100271233 | SURFACE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE WITH DRILL STRING TELEMETRY An operation of drilling an earth borehole uses a drilling rig, a drill string of drill pipes having its generally upper end mechanically coupleable with and suspendable from the drilling rig, a drive string portion of the drill string, mechanically coupleable with the ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100207783 | Subsea Well Control System A subsea well control system comprises: a well tree (6 or 7) having a subsea control module (10 or 11); and a power and communications distribution module (5) for communication with the subsea control module via a communication link (<... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100194587 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BOREHOLE TELEMETRY Methods and systems for borehole telemetry utilizing a tool configured or designed for deployment in a borehole traversing a subterranean formation. The tool includes a downhole telemetry module; a surface telemetry module; and a datalink between the downhole and surfac... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100194588 | Telemetry System for Slickline Enabling Real Time Logging A system for communicating with a slickline tool is disclosed. The system includes a closed-loop electrical circuit including a surface module, a forward path, a tool, and a return path. The forward path includes a slickline cable.... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100194586 | Methods and systems for borehole telemetry Methods and systems for borehole telemetry utilizing a tool configured or designed for deployment in a borehole traversing a subterranean formation. The tool includes a downhole telemetry module; a surface telemetry module; and a datalink between the downhole and surfac... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100066560 | WELLBORE CASING MOUNTED DEVICE FOR DETERMINATION OF FRACTURE GEOMETRY AND METHOD FOR USING SAME A logging system and method for measuring propped fractures and down-hole subterranean formation conditions including: a radar source; an optical source; an optical modulator for modulating an optical signal from the optical source according to a signal from the radar s... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090322554 | Determining Electrical Characteristics of an Electrical Cable To characterize an electrical cable that is deployed in a well, a voltage input is applied to the electrical cable at an earth surface location, where the well extends from the earth surface location. A current response resulting from the voltage input is measured at th... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090243875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE WELL TOOLS A technique facilitates control over multiple well tools. Multiple well tools can be actuated between operational positions. The well tools are coupled to a plurality of multidrop modules with each multidrop module typically being coupled to one or two well tools. Contr... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090212970 | Wired Tool String Component A system is disclosed as having first and second tubular tool string components. Each component has a first end and a second end, and the first end of the first component is coupled to the second end of the second component through mating threads. First and second induc... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090115623 | Bidirectional Telemetry Apparatus And Methods For Wellbore Operations A system and method for communicating data between a downhole tool and a surface controller is provided that comprises a rotating drill string extending in a borehole and having a downhole telemetry module disposed proximate a bottom end thereof and transmitting a first... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090021393 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AC POWERED DOWNHOLE GAUGE Borehole instruments are powered by AC instrument power transmitted on all three phases of a power cable concurrently carrying three phase motor power, the instrument power transmitted at a multiple of the motor power frequency and having a corresponding fraction of the... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080272932 | Data Communication and Power Supply System for Downhole Applications A data communication system for use in downhole applications wherein electrical energy is supplied over a multiple-conductor power cable to an ESP motor assembly. A downhole unit is AC-coupled to the conductors of the power cable through the wye point of the ESP motor a... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080224887 | Seismic Data Acquisition System and Method for Downhole Use A method and system for conducting a seismic survey by lowering a string of intelligent clampable sensor pods with 3-C sensors into a borehole. The string of pods is serially interconnected by a cable having a conductor pair which provides both power and data connectivi... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080218375 | BANDWIDTH WIRELINE DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD A suspended well logging device for use in a wellbore drilled in an earthen formation may include a cable configured to be conveyed into the wellbore; a single twisted pair of conductors positioned in the cable; and a conductive armor surrounding the single twisted pair... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080143552 | SENSOR ARRAY FOR DOWN-HOLE MEASUREMENT A sensor array includes an array of nodes coupled to an optical transmission line. The nodes include a transducer, and encoder, and a transmitter. The transducer senses an environmental condition such as temperature and pressure. The encoder encodes readings from the tr... | 06/19/2008 |
