E03B 3/08
Obtaining and confining water by means of wells
Official title: Obtaining and confining water by means of wells (applicable to a combination of water and other liquids or to other liquids only E21B43/00)
E03B3/08 (Obtaining and confining water by means of wells) appears on 188 US grants and 144 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E03B- Granted patents
- 188
- Published applications
- 144
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 299
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2024 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Assessing and remediating well clogging from precipitate, systems, apparatuses, and methods23 Jun 2026US 12,662,903 B1Sevee & Maher Engineers, Inc.
- Cover26 May 2026US 12,638,080 B2
- Increasing production from water wells23 Dec 2025US 12,503,839 B2Thru Tubing Solutions, Inc.
- Accessing wells below an obstruction or discontinuity9 Dec 2025US 12,492,534 B2Thru Tubing Solutions, Inc.
- System, apparatus, and method for louver perforation4 Nov 2025US 12,460,516 B1Roscoe Moss Manufacturing Company
- Fresh water supply level control scheme for seamless integration of produced water & wastewater recycling system with aquifer water supply well system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226720 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Carbon Utilization and Storage through Rehabilitation of Groundwater Wells2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183707 A1Subsurface Technologies, Inc.
- System and method for drilling slant wells18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168214 A1
- Column pipe system11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160049 A1Advanced Water Well Technologies
- Increasing production from water wells27 Mar 2025US 2025/0101720 A1Thru Tubing Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for prevention of well fouling109US 5,069,286 AThe Mogul Corporation · 1991
- Removal of volatile contaminants from the vadose zone of contaminated ground80US 4,593,760 AThe Upjohn Company · 1986
- Removal of volatile contaminants from the vadose zone of contaminated ground73US 4,660,639 AThe Upjohn Company · 1987
- Enhanced production rate water well system68US 5,771,976 A1998
- Water well treating method41US 4,830,111 A1989