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Kurt Nihei
Also filed as: NIHEI KURT · NIHEI KURT T · NIHEI KURT TOSHIMI
18 granted patents·4 pending applications·103 citations·filing 1997–2024
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22 records- 0193US8345509B2System and method to create three-dimensional images of non-linear acoustic properties in a region remote from a boreholeCHEVRON USA INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 1, 2013·35 cites·34 claims
- 0289US8923092B2System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating coded signalsVU CUNG KHAC·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 30, 2014·10 cites·42 claims
- 0387US8116167B2Method and system for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereofJOHNSON PAUL A·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 14, 2012·26 cites·19 claims
- 0485US9453926B2System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation using compressional acoustic sourcesVU CUNG KHAC·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 27, 2016·6 cites·19 claims
- 0578US8942063B2Data acquisition and processing system and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formationVU CUNG KHAC·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 27, 2015·2 cites·43 claims
- 0677US9223039B2System and method for generating micro-seismic events and characterizing properties of a medium with non-linear acoustic interactionsVU CUNG KHAC·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 29, 2015·2 cites·35 claims
- 0773US9046620B2System and method for investigating sub-surface features and 3D imaging of non-linear property, compressional velocity VP, shear velocity VS and velocity ratio VP/VS of a rock formationVU CUNG KHAC·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 2, 2015·1 cites·51 claims
- 0872US8547791B2Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereofVU CUNG KHAC·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 1, 2013·3 cites·18 claims
- 0972US2024192389A1System and method for poro-elastic modeling and microseismic depletion delineationCHEVRON USA INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 1072US2023341576A1System and method for poro-elastic modeling and microseismic depletion delineationCHEVRON USA INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 1168US7839718B2Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereofCHEVRON USA INC·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 23, 2010·6 cites·29 claims
- 1267US8547790B2Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereofVU CUNG KHAC·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 1, 2013·2 cites·28 claims
- 1360US9110179B2Integrated system for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formationVU CUNG KHAC·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 18, 2015·0 cites·24 claims
- 1459US9110178B2System and method for investigating sub-surface features of a rock formation with acoustic sources generating conical broadcast signalsVU CUNG KHAC·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 18, 2015·0 cites·48 claims
- 1558US8559269B2Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereofVU CUNG KHAC·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 15, 2013·1 cites·22 claims
- 1650US8289808B2System and method to estimate compressional to shear velocity (VP/VS) ratio in a region remote from a boreholeVU CUNG·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 16, 2012·3 cites·18 claims
- 1749US8259530B2System for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereofVU CUNG KHAC·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 4, 2012·0 cites·24 claims
- 1849US8233349B2System for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereofVU CUNG KHAC·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 31, 2012·0 cites·26 claims
- 1948US2023099919A1System and method for stochastic full waveform inversionCHEVRON USA INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 2047US9360573B2System and method for generating 3D images of non-linear properties of rock formation using surface seismic or surface to borehole seismic or bothCHEVRON USA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 7, 2016·0 cites·44 claims
- 2146US2025258034A1System and method for automatic detection of microseismic reflections in distributed acoustic sensing dataCHEVRON USA INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2228US6108606AWaveguide disturbance detection methodGAS RES INST·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 22, 2000·6 cites·5 claims
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