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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:
Jul. 03, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2009
Applicant:

David E. Nichols, Houston, TX (US);

Inventor:

David E. Nichols, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

WesternGeco L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A technique for performing a fast residual migration of seismic data through parsimonious image decomposition is presented. In one aspect, the technique includes a software-implemented method for processing a set of seismic data includes through parsimonious image decomposition. Other aspects of the technique include a program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform such a method or a computing apparatus programmed to perform such a method.


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