Eric Charles Sullivan

This inventor holds 92 USPTO granted patents and 7 published patent applications, plus 12 CIPO patents and 23 EPO patents, primarily in Earth-Boring Tools (CPC class E21B10-00). Top assignees: Baker Hughes Corporation, Baker Hughes, a Ge Compnay, LLC, Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC. Active years: 1980-2026.

USPTO Granted Patents = 92 (Patent Applications = 7)

% Patents Active = 88.0

CIPO Patents = 12 (Patent Applications = 1)

EPO Patents = 23 (Patent Applications = 9)

Average Co-Inventor Count = 3.4

ph-index = 23

Forward Citations = 1,546(Granted Patents)

Forward Citations (Not Self Cited) = 1,260(Dec 10, 2025)

Inventors with similar research interests:

Company Filing History:

73 out of 5,728

Baker Hughes Corporation

patents

8 out of 1,389

Baker Hughes, a Ge Compnay, LLC

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5 out of 933

Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC

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4. 4 out of 301

Hughes Tool Company LLC

patents

5. 3 out of 31

Hughes Tool Company-USA

patents

6. 1 out of 250

Baker Hughes Holdings LLC

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7. 1 out of 582

US Synthetic Corporation

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where one patent can have more than one assignee

Years Active: 1980-2026

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Areas of Expertise:

Downhole Sensors

Cutting Elements

Acoustic Systems

Drill Bits

Shape Memory Materials

Formation Evaluation

Performance Data

Drilling Tools

Data Acquisition

Corrosion Protection

Weight-On-Bit

Torque-On-Bit

92 patents (USPTO):Sort by Forward CitationsExplore Patents

1. 12535001 - Downhole acoustic system for determining a rate of penetration of a drill string and related methods (2026-01-27),

2. 11702890 - Earth-boring tools, cutting elements, and associated structures, apparatus, and methods (2023-07-18),

3. 11512537 - Displacement members comprising machineable material portions, bit bodies comprising machineable material portions from such displacement members, earth-boring rotary drill bits comprising such bit bodies, and related methods (2022-11-29),

4. 11008857 - Downhole acoustic systems and related methods of operating a wellbore (2021-05-18),

5. 10760401 - Downhole system for determining a rate of penetration of a downhole tool and related methods (2020-09-01),

6. 10704376 - Sensors in earth-boring tools, related systems, and related methods (2020-07-07),

7. 10662755 - Sensors in earth-boring tools, related systems, and related methods (2020-05-26),

8. 10508323 - Method and apparatus for securing bodies using shape memory materials (2019-12-17),

9. 10392933 - Multiple downhole sensor digital alignment using spatial transforms (2019-08-27),

10. 10280479 - Earth-boring tools and methods for forming earth-boring tools using shape memory materials (2019-05-07),

11. 10214968 - Earth-boring tools including selectively actuatable cutting elements and related methods (2019-02-26),

12. 10066444 - Earth-boring tools including selectively actuatable cutting elements and related methods (2018-09-04),

13. 10053916 - Nozzle assemblies including shape memory materials for earth-boring tools and related methods (2018-08-21),

14. 10005158 - Earth-boring tools with precise cutter pocket location and orientation and related methods (2018-06-26),

15. 10000974 - Methods for forming earth-boring tools having cutting elements mounted in cutting element pockets and tools formed by such methods (2018-06-19),

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