G01V 11/005
Devices for positioning logging sondes with respect to the borehole wall
Official title: {Devices for positioning logging sondes with respect to the borehole wall (centralising devices for drilling rods or pipes E21B17/10; setting or locking tools in boreholes E21B23/00; locating objects in boreholes E21B47/09)}
G01V11/005 (Devices for positioning logging sondes with respect to the borehole wall) appears on 206 US grants and 117 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method and apparatus for autonomous gravity and/or magnetic field measurement10 Mar 2026US 12,571,931 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Multi-probe multi-frequency nuclear magnetic resonance rock soil in-situ monitoring system27 May 2025US 12,313,575 B1Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Steerability of downhole ranging tools using rotary magnets4 Mar 2025US 12,241,363 B2Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Steerability of downhole ranging tools using rotary magnets12 Dec 2024US 2024/0410270 A1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Method and apparatus for autonomous gravity and/or magnetic field measurement28 Nov 2024US 2024/0393491 A1Aramco Innovations LLC
- Measurement tool installation apparatus and method19 Sep 2024US 2024/0309753 A1
- Apparatus and methods for determining information from a well8 Aug 2024US 2024/0263552 A1Motive Drilling Technologies, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for geological surface and property prediction16 May 2024US 2024/0159931 A1Schlumberger Technology Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and device for making geophysical measurements within a wellbore114US 4,686,653 ASociete Nationale Elf Aquitaine (Production) · 1987
- Process and device for installing seismic sensors inside a petroleum production well111US 4,775,009 AInstitut Francais du Petrole · 1988
- Sensor system92US 7,140,434 B2Schlumberger Technology Corporation · 2006
- Apparatus and method for positioning a tool in a deviated section of a borehole88US 5,194,859 AAmoco Corporation · 1993
- Stabilization system for measurement-while-drilling sensors88US 6,179,066 B2Baker Hughes Incorporated · 2001