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Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator
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Automated steering of a drilling system using a smart bottom hole a...
Patent number
RE50465
Issue date
Jun 24, 2025
NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGY USA, LLC
Andrew Gorrara
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Patent Grant
Intelligent directional device for full rotation of drill string
Patent number
12,326,084
Issue date
Jun 10, 2025
SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
Jialin Tian
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
In-situ downhole measurement correction and control
Patent number
12,281,563
Issue date
Apr 22, 2025
Scientific Drilling International, Inc.
Timothy Whitacre
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Optimizing drilling parameters for controlling a wellbore drilling...
Patent number
12,276,188
Issue date
Apr 15, 2025
Landmark Graphics Corporation
Abhishek Agrawal
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Multiple selectable pressure driven devices on a drill bit
Patent number
12,270,255
Issue date
Apr 8, 2025
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Bradley David Dunbar
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Multipole shear wave splitting
Patent number
12,259,512
Issue date
Mar 25, 2025
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
Theodorus Geerits
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Systems and methods for positive displacement motor diagnostics and...
Patent number
12,252,976
Issue date
Mar 18, 2025
Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Dossary
G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
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Patent Grant
Wellbore depth instrument
Patent number
12,247,476
Issue date
Mar 11, 2025
Guy Wheater
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Apparatus and methods for making azimuthal resistivity measurements
Patent number
12,241,358
Issue date
Mar 4, 2025
Well Resolutions Technology
Tsili Wang
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
System and method for position and orientation detection of a downh...
Patent number
12,241,364
Issue date
Mar 4, 2025
Aziwell AS
Eirik Borg
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Universal bottomhole assembly node (UBHAN)
Patent number
12,228,027
Issue date
Feb 18, 2025
Well Resolutions Technology
Borislav J. Tchakarov
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Trajectory tracking and optimization for drilling automation
Patent number
12,203,356
Issue date
Jan 21, 2025
Landmark Graphics Corporation
Shang Zhang
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Surface steerable drilling system for use with rotary steerable system
Patent number
12,196,069
Issue date
Jan 14, 2025
MOTIVE DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Todd W. Benson
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Advanced underground homing system, apparatus and method
Patent number
12,188,346
Issue date
Jan 7, 2025
Merlin Technology Inc.
Guenter W. Brune
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
All-metal intelligent control motor
Patent number
12,180,808
Issue date
Dec 31, 2024
SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
Jialin Tian
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Internal peeping detection-while-drilling system and method for dee...
Patent number
12,173,599
Issue date
Dec 24, 2024
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
Yuyong Jiao
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Slide-rotate ratio mode optimization for mud motor trajectory control
Patent number
12,123,295
Issue date
Oct 22, 2024
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Jian Wu
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Automatic real time screen-out mitigation
Patent number
12,104,481
Issue date
Oct 1, 2024
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Srividhya Sridhar
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Method and device for fault estimation of measurement and control d...
Patent number
12,098,629
Issue date
Sep 24, 2024
China University of Petroleum
Weiliang Wang
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Drilling method and drilling apparatus
Patent number
12,065,923
Issue date
Aug 20, 2024
INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Shouding Li
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Automating well construction operations based on detected abnormal...
Patent number
12,055,027
Issue date
Aug 6, 2024
Schlumberger Technology Corporation
Shunfeng Zheng
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Straddle packer testing system
Patent number
12,049,821
Issue date
Jul 30, 2024
Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Krzysztof Karol Machocki
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for optimizing downhole drilling conditions u...
Patent number
12,031,424
Issue date
Jul 9, 2024
Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
Pradeep Annaiyappa
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Systems and methods for downhole communication
Patent number
11,988,089
Issue date
May 21, 2024
Schlumberger Technology Corporation
Edward Richards
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Methods and apparatus to create and implement a steering command fo...
Patent number
11,970,929
Issue date
Apr 30, 2024
Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
Colin Gillan
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Rotary steerable system with central distribution passages
Patent number
11,970,942
Issue date
Apr 30, 2024
OnTarget Drilling, LLC
Sylvain Bedouet
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
System and method for mitigating stick-slip
Patent number
11,952,883
Issue date
Apr 9, 2024
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Zhijie Sun
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Dual piston rotary steerable system
Patent number
11,952,894
Issue date
Apr 9, 2024
OnTarget Drilling, LLC
Sylvain Bedouet
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Grant
Cementing unit power on self test
Patent number
11,939,862
Issue date
Mar 26, 2024
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Derek R. Williams
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Wireless integrated data recorder
Patent number
11,933,166
Issue date
Mar 19, 2024
SANVEAN TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Junichi Sugiura
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Patents Applications
last 30 patents
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Patent Application
MULTIPLE SELECTABLE PRESSURE DRIVEN DEVICES ON A DRILL BIT
Publication number
20250223871
Publication date
Jul 10, 2025
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Bradley David Dunbar
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
IN-SITU DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENT CORRECTION AND CONTROL
Publication number
20250215777
Publication date
Jul 3, 2025
SCIENTIFIC DRILLING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Timothy WHITACRE
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
Wellbore Depth Instrument
Publication number
20250198276
Publication date
Jun 19, 2025
Guy Wheater
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
INTELLIGENT DIRECTIONAL DEVICE FOR FULL ROTATION OF DRILL STRING
Publication number
20250188803
Publication date
Jun 12, 2025
SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
Jialin TIAN
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
SURFACE STEERABLE DRILLING SYSTEM FOR USE WITH ROTARY STEERABLE SYSTEM
Publication number
20250101852
Publication date
Mar 27, 2025
MOTIVE DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Todd W. Benson
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
INTERFERENCE COMPENSATED AXIAL MAGNETOMETER MEASUREMENTS
Publication number
20240376815
Publication date
Nov 14, 2024
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Makito Katayama
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
AUTOMATED CONTROL OF TRAJECTORY OF DOWNHOLE DRILLING
Publication number
20240352800
Publication date
Oct 24, 2024
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Maja Ignova
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information
Patent Application
AUTOMATED CONTROL OF TRAJECTORY OF DOWNHOLE DRILLING
Publication number
20240352802
Publication date
Oct 24, 2024
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Katharine Mantle
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information
Patent Application
All-Metal Intelligent Control Motor
Publication number
20240337158
Publication date
Oct 10, 2024
SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
Jialin TIAN
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information
Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING DOWNHOLE DRILLING CONDITIONS U...
Publication number
20240328299
Publication date
Oct 3, 2024
Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
Pradeep ANNAIYAPPA
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
Wellbore Depth Instrument
Publication number
20240271519
Publication date
Aug 15, 2024
Guy Wheater
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information
Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITION AND ORIENTATION DETECTION OF A DOWNH...
Publication number
20240271522
Publication date
Aug 15, 2024
Aziwell AS
Eirik BORG
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
ROTARY STEERABLE SYSTEM
Publication number
20240263522
Publication date
Aug 8, 2024
OnTarget Drilling, LLC
Sylvain Bedouet
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
WIRELESS PERFORATING GUN
Publication number
20240254864
Publication date
Aug 1, 2024
Jacinto Delgado
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
MUD PRESSURE WAVE SIGNAL MODULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD
Publication number
20240247586
Publication date
Jul 25, 2024
CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Jiajin Wang
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAULT ESTIMATION OF MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL D...
Publication number
20240229635
Publication date
Jul 11, 2024
China University of Petroleum
Weiliang Wang
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING DOWNHOLE MOTOR DYSFUNC...
Publication number
20240133287
Publication date
Apr 25, 2024
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Ashley Bernard Johnson
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAULT ESTIMATION OF MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL D...
Publication number
20240133285
Publication date
Apr 25, 2024
China University of Petroleum
Weiliang Wang
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
Advanced Inground Device Power Control and Associated Methods
Publication number
20240102344
Publication date
Mar 28, 2024
Merlin Technology, Inc.
Albert W. Chau
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
COMPOSITE WELL CURVE GENERATION WITH MACHINE LEARNING
Publication number
20240068351
Publication date
Feb 29, 2024
Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
Malini Manocha
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
TRAJECTORY TRACKING AND OPTIMIZATION FOR DRILLING AUTOMATION
Publication number
20240068350
Publication date
Feb 29, 2024
Landmark Graphics Corporation
Shang Zhang
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information
Patent Application
AUTOMATIC INTERPRETATION OF DRILLING DYNAMICS DATA
Publication number
20240035369
Publication date
Feb 1, 2024
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Wei CHEN
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
USE OF SELF-ORGANIZING-MAPS WITH LOGGING-WHILE-DRILLING DATA TO DEL...
Publication number
20240035366
Publication date
Feb 1, 2024
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Arthur Robert Walmsley
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
Wellbore Depth Instrument
Publication number
20240011386
Publication date
Jan 11, 2024
Guy Wheater
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information
Patent Application
AUTONOMOUS TRACTOR USING COUNTER FLOW-DRIVEN PROPULSION
Publication number
20230407716
Publication date
Dec 21, 2023
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
James Dan Vick
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
OPTIMIZING DRILLING PARAMETERS FOR CONTROLLING A WELLBORE DRILLING...
Publication number
20230399936
Publication date
Dec 14, 2023
Landmark Graphics Corporation
Abhishek Agrawal
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
AUTOMATIC REAL TIME SCREEN-OUT MITIGATION
Publication number
20230383639
Publication date
Nov 30, 2023
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Srividhya Sridhar
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
INDIRECT DETECTION OF BENDING OF A COLLAR
Publication number
20230332496
Publication date
Oct 19, 2023
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Joachim Sihler
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information
Patent Application
DETECTION OF POTENTIAL GEOLOGICAL CONTROL POINTS WITH LOGGING-WHILE...
Publication number
20230313665
Publication date
Oct 5, 2023
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Siyang Song
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MOTOR DIAGNOSTICS AND...
Publication number
20230304388
Publication date
Sep 28, 2023
Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Dossary
E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING