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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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18/689982
PROVIDING CONTROL INFORMATION Sep 6, 2022 Pending
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17/903782
Generating electricity with a magnetic drill pipe Sep 5, 2022 Issued
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18/688577
Gas injection valve in an oil production column Sep 1, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19258516 [patent_doc_number] => 12018564 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-06-25 [patent_title] => Systems and methods for drilling geothermal wells [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/823485 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-08-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 21 [patent_figures_cnt] => 34 [patent_no_of_words] => 22054 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 108 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17823485 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/823485
Systems and methods for drilling geothermal wells Aug 29, 2022 Issued
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18/685406
INFLATABLE BORE HOLE PLUG Aug 23, 2022 Pending
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17/893409
CORE BARREL HEAD ASSEMBLY WITH AN INTEGRATED SAMPLE ORIENTATION TOOL AND SYSTEM FOR USING SAME Aug 22, 2022 Abandoned
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17/820699
Capture and use of waste energy Aug 17, 2022 Issued
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17/875107
Monitoring drilling conditions and estimating rock properties Jul 26, 2022 Issued
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17/867649
Swivel device for rotating a bowl Jul 17, 2022 Issued
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17/812850
Apparatus and methods for uninterrupted drilling Jul 14, 2022 Issued
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17/860712
Downhole displacement impact method and impact drilling tool Jul 7, 2022 Issued
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17/860492
Wellbore depth instrument Jul 7, 2022 Issued
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17/810662
Hydrocarbon wells including tracer systems and methods of tracing a flow path of lift gas within a hydrocarbon well utilizing a radioactive tracer Jul 4, 2022 Issued
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17/856589
Surface unit for downhole pump Jun 30, 2022 Issued
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17/853915
Geothermal Power Generation Jun 29, 2022 Abandoned
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17/850717
Modular bowl with swivel configuration Jun 26, 2022 Issued
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17/845296
Method and system for managing carbon containing gases Jun 20, 2022 Issued
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17/840759
Multi-plunger lift control device Jun 14, 2022 Issued
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18/872482
CONTROL SYSTEM, DRILL RIG AND METHOD THEREIN Jun 9, 2022 Pending
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17/804764
Producing gas through variable bore production tubing May 30, 2022 Issued
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