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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Aoi, Stafford, TX (US);

Inventors:

Andre Orban, Sugarland, TX (US);

Daniel Maurice Lerner, Missouri City, TX (US);

Barry Kent Holder, Montgomery, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/263 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); G01B 21/08 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/02 (2006.01); G01N 27/26 (2006.01); G01N 27/72 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); E21B 47/09 (2012.01); G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/263 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/09 (2013.01); G01B 21/08 (2013.01); G01N 21/00 (2013.01); G01N 23/00 (2013.01); G01N 27/02 (2013.01); G01N 27/26 (2013.01); G01N 27/72 (2013.01); G01N 29/04 (2013.01); G01V 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system, and associated apparatus are described for installing, inventorying, actuating, and/or accessing down-hole equipment in a wellbore. This comprises tagging a casing by inserting permanent components of material compositions within sections along the length of a casing. Inserted components and/or portions of an original section function as unique readable active and/or passive markers. The piping system is at least one pipe having a plurality of markers placed in radial sections strategically arranged with independently identical or different material compositions or embedded in a length of the wellbore casing. The sections function as markers forming a readable pattern readable by the reader(s). The reader is one of or a combination of any of the group consisting of a plug, a probe, a sensor, and/or a computer for reading markers. The reader travels in either a forward or backward direction.


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