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James D. Sells

Examiner (ID: 12148, Phone: (571)272-1237 , Office: P/1745 )

Most Active Art Unit
1745
Art Unit(s)
1734, 1791, 1304, 1745
Total Applications
2851
Issued Applications
2325
Pending Applications
162
Abandoned Applications
379

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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19/306781
SINKER BAR WITH CENTRALIZER Aug 20, 2025 Pending
Array ( [id] => 20350369 [patent_doc_number] => 20250347221 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-11-13 [patent_title] => METHOD FOR IMPROVING WELL INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT FOR GAS LIFT OIL WELLS [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 19/278243 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2025-07-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 1219 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 2 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 19278243 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
19/278243
METHOD FOR IMPROVING WELL INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT FOR GAS LIFT OIL WELLS Jul 22, 2025 Pending
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19/277150
PENETRATOR SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS Jul 21, 2025 Pending
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19/272431
Automated Drilling-Fluid Additive System and Method Jul 16, 2025 Pending
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19/259291
Junction orienting interface for a multilateral well Jul 2, 2025 Issued
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19/239288
HIGHLY-SEALED RETRIEVABLE ANCHORING PACKER Jun 15, 2025 Issued
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19/229662
Frac dart Jun 4, 2025 Issued
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19/216270
Debris shield for ball valve actuation May 21, 2025 Issued
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19/214075
High expansion aggregate seal May 20, 2025 Issued
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19/205002
TWO-PART DRILLING AND RUNNING TOOL May 11, 2025 Pending
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19/198323
ESTIMATION OF ROCK ABRASIVENESS AND ROCK STRENGTH USING BIT RESPONSE DATA May 4, 2025 Pending
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19/198377
CUTTER FORCES AND WEAR SEVERITY DETERMINATION FOR A DRILL BIT FOR DRILLING A WELLBORE May 4, 2025 Pending
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19/096269
MULTI PASS TWO-PART DRILLING/RUNNING AND ACTIVATION TOOL Mar 30, 2025 Pending
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19/088301
DIRECTIONAL DRILL VICE AND METHOD Mar 23, 2025 Pending
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19/066162
Wellbore Depth Instrument Feb 27, 2025 Pending
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19/064794
COOLING WELLBORE LOGGING TOOLS Feb 26, 2025 Pending
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19/065512
Wireline Cased-Hole Standoff Feb 26, 2025 Pending
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19/029870
SUBASSEMBLY FOR A DIRECTIONAL DRILLING SYSTEM Jan 16, 2025 Abandoned
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19/016851
FORMATION ELASTIC PROPERTY EVALUATION USING DRILLING DATA BASED ON A BIT-ROCK INTERACTION MODEL Jan 9, 2025 Pending
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19/005337
INTEGRATED PERFORATING GUN AND SETTING TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD Dec 29, 2024 Abandoned
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