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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Groundmetrics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew D. Hibbs, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Groundmetrics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/26 (2006.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/26 (2013.01); G01V 11/00 (2013.01); G01V 2210/646 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided for determining whether a change in a subsurface formation, such as fractures produced within the earth during a fracturing process, has reached and/or crossed a given boundary. The method provides near real time assessment of fracture propagation that can be used to guide a fracturing, particularly a hydrofacturing process.