Inventor

Michael John Black

Inventor

Dhahran, SA

Overview

37→

Patents

1996–2020

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 37 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G01Nprimary

G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties20%

E21BEarth or rock drilling16%

G01FMeasuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level15%

Y02EReduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution6%

F03BMachines or engines for liquids5%

H01LSemiconductor devices5%

H02KDynamo-electric machines5%

H02NElectric machines not otherwise provided for5%

H10NElectric solid-state devices not otherwise provided for5%

G06FElectric digital data processing3%

PatentTitleYear

10,794,847Combined water cut and salinity meter2020 10,794,846Combined water cut and salinity meter2020 10,574,158Harvesting energy from fluid flow2020 10,574,157Harvesting energy from fluid flow2020 10,560,040Harvesting energy from fluid flow2020 10,560,039Harvesting energy from fluid flow2020 10,494,566Enhanced oil recovery by in-situ steam generation2019 10,487,648Entropy based multiphase flow detection2019 10,472,957Entropy based multiphase flow detection2019 10,473,623Slug flow monitoring and gas measurement2019 10,422,673Flow regime identification of multiphase flows by face recognition Bayesian classification2019 10,422,762Method for non-linear high salinity water cut measurements2019 10,378,343Entropy based multiphase flow detection2019 10,367,434Harvesting energy from fluid flow2019 10,329,902Entropy based multiphase flow detection2019 10,119,930Method for non-linear high salinity water cut measurements2018 10,094,796Method for non-linear high salinity water cut measurements2018 10,088,442Combined water cut and salinity meter2018 10,088,347Flow data acquisition and telemetry processing system2018 10,030,512Systems, methods, and computer medium to provide entropy based characterization of multiphase flow2018 10,030,511Systems, methods, and computer medium to provide entropy based characterization of multiphase flow2018 10,018,748Inline density and fluorescence spectrometry meter2018 9,989,387Flow data acquisition and telemetry processing systems2018 9,863,404'High efficiency solar power generator for offshore applications'2018 9,803,133'Enhanced oil recovery by in-situ steam generation'2017 9,778,226'Slug flow monitoring and gas measurement'2017 9,721,336'Tomographic imaging of multiphase flows'2017 9,714,854'Multiphase in situ flow sensing with ultrasonic tomography and vortex shedding'2017 9,702,242'Method and apparatus for in-well wireless control using infrasound sources'2017 9,424,674'Tomographic imaging of multiphase flows'2016 9,404,781'Multiphase metering with ultrasonic tomography and vortex shedding'2016 9,303,507'Down hole wireless data and power transmission system'2016 9,243,942'Flow line mounting arrangement for flow system transducers'2016 7,002,478'Smoke and flame detection'2006 6,956,485'Fire detection algorithm'2005 5,550,324'Environmental sealing system for electronic instruments'1996 5,505,635'Zero insertion force battery receptacle'1996

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1996Patents assigned to FLUKE CORP (2)· patent assignee history

1996Based in Seattle, WA, US· patent location history

2005–2006Patents assigned to VSD LTD (2)· patent assignee history

2005–2006Based in Cambridge, GB· patent location history

2016–2020Patents assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO (33)· patent assignee history

2016–2020Based in Dhahran, SA· patent location history

2017–2019Based in Ras Tanura, SA· patent location history

2020Based in Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO	33	2016–2020
FLUKE CORP	2	1996
VSD LTD	2	2005–2006

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Dhahran, SA	28	2016–2020
Ras Tanura, SA	3	2017–2019
Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE	2	2020
Cambridge, GB	2	2005–2006
Seattle, Washington, US	2	1996