WI

William Banning Vail, III

SC Smart Drilling And Completion: 25 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
PL Paramagnetic Logging: 21 patents #1 of 3Top 35%
WE Weatherford/Lamb: 13 patents #57 of 852Top 7%
IN Inhalation: 5 patents #1 of 2Top 50%
WI Western Atlas International: 5 patents #26 of 314Top 9%
SL Switched Reluctance Drives Limited: 1 patents #26 of 47Top 60%
📍 Bothell, WA: #9 of 2,342 inventorsTop 1%
🗺 Washington: #451 of 76,902 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #23,292 of 4,157,543Top 1%
79
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 51–75 of 79 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6057424 Method and apparatus to synthesize DNA and DNA-like molecular structures by applying electric fields to gaseous mixtures of chemical reactants containing template particulate matter 2000-05-02
6031381 Electrical voltages and resistances measured to inspect metallic cased wells and pipelines Steven Thomas Momii 2000-02-29
6025721 Determining resistivity of a formation adjacent to a borehole having casing by generating constant current flow in portion of casing and using at least two voltage measurement electrodes 2000-02-15
5894897 Method and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wells 1999-04-20
5836409 Monolithic self sharpening rotary drill bit having tungsten carbide rods cast in steel alloys 1998-11-17
5717334 Methods and apparatus to produce stick-slip motion of logging tool attached to a wireline drawn upward by a continuously rotating wireline drum Steven Thomas Momii 1998-02-10
5636418 Environmentally degradable urns for burial of human cremation ashes in terrestrial cemeteries Thomas Vail 1997-06-10
5637972 Rotor position encoder having features in decodeable angular positions Steven P. Randall, David M. Sudgen, Geoffrey T. Brown 1997-06-10
5633590 Formation resistivity measurements from within a cased well used to quantitatively determine the amount of oil and gas present 1997-05-27
5615747 Monolithic self sharpening rotary drill bit having tungsten carbide rods cast in steel alloys 1997-04-01
5570024 Determining resistivity of a formation adjacent to a borehole having casing using multiple electrodes and with resistances being defined between the electrodes 1996-10-29
5551521 Method and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wells 1996-09-03
5260661 Calibrating and compensating influence of casing thickness variations on measurements of low frequency A.C. magnetic fields within cased boreholes to determine properties of geological formations 1993-11-09
5239733 Temporally degradable urns for burial of human cremation ashes in cemeteries Thomas Vail 1993-08-31
5223794 Methods of operation of apparatus measuring formation resistivity from within a cased well having one measurement and two compensation steps 1993-06-29
5187440 Measuring resistivity changes from within a first cased well to monitor fluids injected into oil bearing geological formations from a second cased well while passing electrical current between the two cased wells 1993-02-16
5075626 Electronic measurement apparatus movable in a cased borehole and compensating for casing resistance differences 1991-12-24
5065100 Measurement of in-phase and out-of-phase components of low frequency A.C. magnetic fields within cased boreholes to measure geophysical properties of geological formations 1991-11-12
5043669 Methods and apparatus for measurement of the resistivity of geological formations from within cased wells in presence of acoustic and magnetic energy sources 1991-08-27
5043668 Methods and apparatus for measurement of electronic properties of geological formations through borehole casing 1991-08-27
4901023 Methods and apparatus for measurement of low frequency a.c. magnetic fields within cased boreholes to determine properties of geological formations 1990-02-13
4882542 Methods and apparatus for measurement of electronic properties of geological formations through borehole casing 1989-11-21
4820989 Methods and apparatus for measurement of the resistivity of geological formations from within cased boreholes 1989-04-11
4804918 Dual excitation acoustic paramagnetic logging tool 1989-02-14
4792757 Oil well logging tools measuring paramagnetic logging effect for use in open boreholes and cased well bores Paul B. Schwinberg 1988-12-20