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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:
Oct. 25, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2009
Applicants:

Carl A. Robbins, Houston, TX (US);

LI Gao, Katy, TX (US);

Inventors:

Carl A. Robbins, Houston, TX (US);

Li Gao, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/16 (2006.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 11/002 (2013.01); E21B 47/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Transmitting acoustic signals from a wellbore. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including transmitting an acoustic signal comprising downhole data, receiving the acoustic signal (the receiving by a receiver disposed within the internal diameter of a casing in the wellbore) converting the acoustic signal to a corresponding first electromagnetic signal, and inducing a second electromagnetic signal in a tubing responsive to the first electromagnetic signal.


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