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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:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Xgs Energy, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Piotr D. Moncarz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Walter R. Kolbe, Pacifica, CA (US);
Louis E. Capuano, Jr., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Keanen Ryan, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
XGS Energy, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 7/04 (2006.01); F24T 10/20 (2018.01); F24T 10/13 (2018.01); E21B 43/30 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); F24T 10/10 (2018.01); F24T 10/15 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 43/305 (2013.01); F24T 10/10 (2018.05); F24T 10/13 (2018.05); F24T 10/15 (2018.05); F24T 10/20 (2018.05); Y02E 10/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Thermal energy is extracted from geological formations using a heat harvester. In some embodiments, the heat harvester is a once-through, closed loop, underground heat harvester created by directionally drilling through hot rock. The extracted thermal energy can be converted or transformed to other forms of energy.