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Kenneth L. Thompson

Examiner (ID: 2266, Phone: (571)272-7037 , Office: P/3676 )

Most Active Art Unit
3676
Art Unit(s)
3672, 3629, 3679, 3676
Total Applications
2301
Issued Applications
1944
Pending Applications
121
Abandoned Applications
252

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/417639
Valve for downhole chemical injection control Dec 29, 2019 Issued
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16/724581
Well interference sensing and fracturing treatment optimization Dec 22, 2019 Issued
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17/415406
SMART PLUG INTEGRATED SENSOR SYSTEM Dec 17, 2019 Abandoned
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16/711371
Horizontal well multi-section multi-stage reciprocating fracturing method and apparatus Dec 10, 2019 Issued
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16/696364
MODULAR REMOTE POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING SYSTEM Nov 25, 2019 Pending
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16/694825
Vector strain sensor system for a wellbore Nov 24, 2019 Issued
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16/691277
Electric power distribution for fracturing operation Nov 20, 2019 Issued
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16/675602
Method for recovery of hydrocarbons in a geological reservoir by low-salinity water flooding Nov 5, 2019 Issued
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17/291388
Fracturing operations controller Nov 4, 2019 Issued
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17/277628
Apparatus and method relating to managed pressure drilling Nov 4, 2019 Issued
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16/670330
Locating passive seismic events in a wellbore using distributed acoustic sensing Oct 30, 2019 Issued
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16/668338
Optimizing fluid transfer design and execution during wellbore displacement operations Oct 29, 2019 Issued
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17/628883
Conveyance deployment systems and methods to deploy conveyances Oct 29, 2019 Issued
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16/668671
Earth-boring drill bit with mechanically attached strain puck Oct 29, 2019 Issued
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16/601257
METHODS OF USING ELASTOMERIC COMPONENTS Oct 13, 2019 Abandoned
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17/282586
OILFIELD SYSTEM Oct 2, 2019 Abandoned
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16/564185
Automated fracturing system and method Sep 8, 2019 Issued
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17/054608
Well operations involving synthetic fracture injection test Aug 26, 2019 Issued
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16/544749
Apparatus, systems, and methods for fracturing a geological formation Aug 18, 2019 Issued
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16/542753
Downhole impact apparatus Aug 15, 2019 Issued
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