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J. Ford Brett — 11 Patents

AMAmoco: 10 patents #63 of 1,251Top 6%
Tulsa, OK: #141 of 2,344 inventorsTop 7%
Oklahoma: #932 of 12,736 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
J. Ford Brett has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Amoco. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in November 1993. J. Ford Brett ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list J. Ford Brett in Tulsa, OK, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 1993Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1987.peak 31987: 3 patents19871988: 1 patents19881990: 2 patents19901991: 3 patents19911992: 1 patents19921993: 1 patents1993

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
RE34435 Whirl resistant bit Tommy M. Warren 1993-11-09
5131478 Low friction subterranean drill bit and related methods Tommy M. Warren, L. Allen Sinor, Suzanne M. Behr 1992-07-21
5042596 Imbalance compensated drill bit Tommy M. Warren 1991-08-27 $20,046,000
5010789 Method of making imbalanced compensated drill bit Tommy M. Warren 1991-04-30 $22,076,000
4982802 Method for stabilizing a rotary drill string and drill bit Tommy M. Warren, Warren J. Winters 1991-01-08 $63,215,000
4948925 Apparatus and method for rotationally orienting a fluid conducting conduit Warren J. Winters, Michael Burton, Tommy M. Warren 1990-08-14 $29,327,000
4932484 Whirl resistant bit Tommy M. Warren 1990-06-12 $11,775,000
4721172 Apparatus for controlling the force applied to a drill bit while drilling Tommy M. Warren, Warren J. Winters 1988-01-26 $10,961,000
4705117 Method and apparatus for reducing drill bit wear Tommy M. Warren, Warren J. Winters 1987-11-10 $8,285,000
4660656 Method and apparatus for controlling the rotational torque of a drill bit Tommy M. Warren, Warren J. Winters 1987-04-28 $51,201,000
4655303 Drill bit Warren J. Winters, Tommy M. Warren 1987-04-07 $37,839,000