G01V 1/157
Using spark discharges
Official title: using spark discharges; using exploding wires
G01V1/157 (Using spark discharges) appears on 35 US grants and 24 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
- 35
- Published applications
- 24
- Assignees
- 24
- Inventors
- 81
- Latest grant
- 16 Jan 2024
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Pulsed electric discharge device16 Jan 2024US 11,876,352 B2Adm28 France
- Seafloor multi-wave seismic source and seafloor exploration system5 Sep 2023US 11,747,497 B2First Institute of Oceanography, Mnr
- Method and system for electromagnetic method (EM) signal detection based on onshore sparker source26 Apr 2022US 11,313,984 B2Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Near-sea-bottom hydrate detection system5 Oct 2021US 11,137,507 B2The First Institute of Oceanography, SOA
- Diagnostic device for a seismic probe and associated method17 Aug 2021US 11,092,705 B2
- Curved Marine Sparker Source Arrays3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259337 A1PGS Geophysical AS
- Systems and methods for producing underwater pressure and acoustic waves6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227536 A1General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
- Using Uncontrolled Acoustic Energy in Combination with Controlled Seismic Source Energy to Retrieve Information About a Subsurface20 Feb 2025US 2025/0060497 A1PGS Geophysical AS
- Subsea survey methods and related systems22 Jun 2023US 2023/0194739 A1Delta Subsea LLC
- Seafloor multi-wave seismic source and seafloor exploration system27 Oct 2022US 2022/0342099 A1First Institute of Oceanography, Mnr
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for well stimulation in the process of oil production and device for carrying same into effect37US 5,004,050 A1991
- Variable multi-stage arc discharge acoustic pulse source transducer29US 5,228,011 ASouthwest Research Institute · 1993
- Seismic source29US 5,301,169 AThe Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · 1994
- Electrodeless spark discharge acoustic pulse transducer for borehole operation21US 4,651,311 ASouthwest Research Institute · 1987
- Electroacoustic pulse source for high resolution seismic prospectings18US 4,734,894 AConsiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche · 1988