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Kenneth L. Thompson

Examiner (ID: 5345, Phone: (571)272-7037 , Office: P/3676 )

Most Active Art Unit
3676
Art Unit(s)
3629, 3679, 3672, 3676
Total Applications
2346
Issued Applications
1965
Pending Applications
140
Abandoned Applications
254

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/433330
Centralizer Mar 3, 2020 Issued
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16/804145
Intelligent blast-hole drill bit with redundant transducer wear sensor and remote recessed reflector antenna Feb 27, 2020 Issued
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16/801001
METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR FRACTURING A BOREHOLE Feb 24, 2020 Abandoned
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16/797489
Methods and systems for creating an interventionless conduit to formation in wells with cased hole Feb 20, 2020 Issued
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16/794418
Instrumenting unconventional wells for real time in situ frac height determination, reservoir fluid movement, production monitoring and well integrity in fractured stages Feb 18, 2020 Issued
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17/310695
Engineering completion and selective fracturing of lateral wellbores Feb 17, 2020 Issued
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16/793820
Rotatable cutters and elements for use on earth-boring tools in subterranean boreholes, earth-boring tools including same, and related methods Feb 17, 2020 Issued
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16/792742
Determination of calibrated minimum horizontal stress magnitude using fracture closure pressure and multiple mechanical earth model realizations Feb 16, 2020 Issued
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16/791590
Method and system for processing a fluid produced from a well Feb 13, 2020 Issued
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16/789150
Method of determining fracture interference in a hydraulically fractured well Feb 11, 2020 Issued
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16/786445
Reusable perforating gun system and method Feb 9, 2020 Issued
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16/779923
Method for acid fracturing and acid stimulation based on NMR diffusion measurements Feb 2, 2020 Issued
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16/778859
Plug with a resettable closure member Jan 30, 2020 Issued
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17/427436
Tubular string building system and method Jan 30, 2020 Issued
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17/631910
Drilling tip and drilling tool Jan 16, 2020 Issued
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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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