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Christopher Skelt — 19 Patents

Chevron: 19 patents #204 of 4,788Top 5%
LSLos Alamos National Security: 9 patents #36 of 757Top 5%
Houston, TX: #1,070 of 21,073 inventorsTop 6%
Texas: #7,372 of 125,132 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Christopher Skelt has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in September 2023. Christopher Skelt ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Christopher Skelt in Houston, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2012.peak 52010: 1 patents20102012: 5 patents20122013: 5 patents20132015: 3 patents20152016: 1 patents20162019: 2 patents20192021: 1 patents20212023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11754736 System and method for classifying seismic data by integrating petrophysical data Justin C. Palmer, Lisa R. Goggin, Adam Dean Halpert, Laura L. Bandura 2023-09-12 $434,980,000
11105943 System and method for mapping hydrocarbon source rock using seismic attributes Mingya Chen, Fang Lin 2021-08-31 $628,624,000
10386512 System and method for petro-elastic modeling Prasenjit Roy, Kabilan Krishnamurthy, Joseph P. Stefani, Dileep K. Tiwary 2019-08-20 $127,990,000
10175383 System and method for performing simultaneous petrophysical analysis of composition and texture of rock formations 2019-01-08 $451,229,000
9453926 System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation using compressional acoustic sources Cung Vu, Kurt Nihei, Paul A. Johnson, Robert Guyer, James A. Ten Cate +2 more 2016-09-27 $319,835,000
9110178 System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating conical broadcast signals Cung Vu, Kurt Nihei, Paul A. Johnson, Robert Guyer, James A. Ten Cate +2 more 2015-08-18 $126,741,000
9110179 Integrated system for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation Cung Vu, Kurt Nihei, Paul A. Johnson, Robert Guyer, James A. Ten Cate +2 more 2015-08-18 $126,741,000
9046620 System and method for investigating sub-surface features and 3D imaging of non-linear property, compressional velocity VP, shear velocity VS and velocity ratio VP/VS of a rock formation Cung Vu, Kurt Nihei, Paul A. Johnson, Robert Guyer, James A. Ten Cate +2 more 2015-06-02 $364,303,000
8576661 Device and method for imaging of non-linear and linear properties of formations surrounding a borehole Paul A. Johnson, James A. TenCate, Pierre-Yves Le Bas, Robert Guyer, Cung Vu 2013-11-05 $74,749,000
8553495 Device and method for imaging of non-linear and linear properties of formations surrounding a borehole Paul A. Johnson, James A. TenCate, Pierre-Yves Le Bas, Robert Guyer, Cung Vu 2013-10-08 $98,961,000
8547790 Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Cung Vu, Dipen N. Sinha, Cristian Pantea, Kurt Nihei, Denis P. Schmitt 2013-10-01 $49,419,000
8547791 Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Cung Vu, Dipen N. Sinha, Cristian Pantea, Kurt Nihei, Denis P. Schmitt 2013-10-01 $49,419,000
8345509 System and method to create three-dimensional images of non-linear acoustic properties in a region remote from a borehole Cung Vu, Kurt Nihei, Denis P. Schmitt, Paul A. Johnson, Robert Guyer +2 more 2013-01-01
8289808 System and method to estimate compressional to shear velocity (VP/VS) ratio in a region remote from a borehole Cung Vu, Kurt Nihei, Denis P. Schmitt, Paul A. Johnson, Robert Guyer +2 more 2012-10-16 $177,557,000
8259530 System for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Cung Vu, Dipen N. Sinha, Cristian Pantea, Kurt Nihei, Denis P. Schmitt 2012-09-04 $332,169,000
8233349 System for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Cung Vu, Dipen N. Sinha, Cristian Pantea, Kurt Nihei, Denis P. Schmitt 2012-07-31 $250,713,000
8219319 Workflow for petrophysical and geophysical formation evaluation of wireline and LWD log data 2012-07-10 $183,109,000
8116167 Method and system for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Paul A. Johnson, James A. Ten Cate, Robert Guyer, Pierre-Yves Le Bas, Cung Vu +2 more 2012-02-14 $248,849,000
7839718 Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof Cung Vu, Dipen N. Sinha, Cristian Pantea, Kurt Nihei, Denis P. Schmitt 2010-11-23 $41,234,000