G01V 1/306
For determining physical properties of the subsurface
Official title: {for determining physical properties of the subsurface, e.g. impedance, porosity or attenuation profiles}
G01V1/306 (For determining physical properties of the subsurface) appears on 576 US grants and 693 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
- 576
- Published applications
- 693
- Assignees
- 221
- Inventors
- 1,702
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2021 | 57 | 68 |
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| 2024 | 49 | 49 |
| 2025 | 35 | 37 |
| 2026 | 23 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Monitoring system and monitoring method for concrete face rockfill dam on deep overburden layer based on multi-source monitoring information6 Oct 2026US 12,754,334 B1Sichuan University
- Multi-dimensional integrated monitoring system and method for underground engineering6 Oct 2026US 12,754,335 B2Sichuan University
- Learning hydrocarbon distribution from seismic image29 Sep 2026US 12,748,229 B2Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Methods and systems for determining ground motion in a simulation of seismic soil-structure interaction22 Sep 2026US 12,742,899 B1Ansys, Inc.
- Method for simultaneous inversion of five reservoir parameters of submarine gas reservoirs using P-WAVE velocity and density data15 Sep 2026US 12,736,698 B2South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Experimental method for fluid-injection-induced seismicity under true-triaxial stress conditions1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299152 A1Tianjin University
- Pore volume uncertainty analysis for carbon capture and sequestration24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287774 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- System And Method For Automated Quantitative Seismic Interpretation17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275863 A1
- Multi-phase free-field inversion method for near-fault site based on spherical/cylindrical diffusion properties17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276850 A1Dalian University of Technology
- Methods and Systems of Locally Attentive Full-Waveform Inversion10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267021 A1BP Corporation North America Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method of predicting reservoir properties158US 5,444,619 ASchlumberger Technology Corporation · 1995
- Method for deriving reservoir lithology and fluid content from pre-stack inversion of seismic data151US 5,583,825 AExxon Production Research Company · 1996
- Method for inverting reflection trace data from 3-D and 4-D seismic surveys and identifying subsurface fluid and pathways in and among hydrocarbon reservoirs based on impedance models143US 5,798,982 AThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 1998
- Microseismic signal processing107US 6,947,843 B2Vetco Grey Controls Limited · 2005
- Method and process for prediction of subsurface fluid and rock pressures in the earth85US 6,977,866 B2ConocoPhillps Company · 2005