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Yunlai Yang
Also filed as: YANG YUNLAI
23 granted patents·1 pending application·117 citations·filing 2012–2022
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24 records- 0192US9103192B2Methods for geosteering a drill bit in real time using drilling acoustic signalsSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 11, 2015·20 cites·18 claims
- 0291US10920574B1Acoustic testing of core samplesSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 16, 2021·3 cites·19 claims
- 0390US10551516B2Apparatus and methods of evaluating rock properties while drilling using acoustic sensors installed in the drilling fluid circulation system of a drilling rigSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 4, 2020·4 cites·14 claims
- 0490US9334723B2Methods for geosteering a drill bit in real time using surface acoustic signalsSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2012·Granted May 10, 2016·15 cites·18 claims
- 0589US9568629B2Evaluation of rock boundaries and acoustic velocities using drill bit sound during vertical drillingSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 14, 2017·10 cites·46 claims
- 0685US9989661B2Methods for evaluating rock properties while drilling using drilling rig-mounted acoustic sensorsSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 5, 2018·3 cites·13 claims
- 0785US9903974B2Apparatus, computer readable medium, and program code for evaluating rock properties while drilling using downhole acoustic sensors and telemetry systemYANG YUNLAI·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 27, 2018·8 cites·27 claims
- 0885US9234974B2Apparatus for evaluating rock properties while drilling using drilling rig-mounted acoustic sensorsYANG YUNLAI·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 12, 2016·11 cites·39 claims
- 0984US9684087B2Dynamic threshold methods for filtering noise and restoring attenuated high-frequency components of acoustic signalsSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 20, 2017·11 cites·26 claims
- 1082US9624768B2Methods of evaluating rock properties while drilling using downhole acoustic sensors and telemetry systemYANG YUNLAI·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 18, 2017·9 cites·23 claims
- 1181US10851641B2Acoustic testing of core samplesSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 1, 2020·3 cites·20 claims
- 1281US9074467B2Methods for evaluating rock properties while drilling using drilling rig-mounted acoustic sensorsYANG YUNLAI·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 7, 2015·7 cites·22 claims
- 1377US11231512B2Apparatus and methods of evaluating rock properties while drilling using acoustic sensors installed in the drilling fluid circulation system of a drilling rigSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 25, 2022·1 cites·33 claims
- 1475US11920460B2Identifying formation layer tops while drilling a wellboreSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 5, 2024·1 cites·18 claims
- 1575US9447681B2Apparatus, program product, and methods of evaluating rock properties while drilling using downhole acoustic sensors and a downhole broadband transmitting systemYANG YUNLAI·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 20, 2016·4 cites·12 claims
- 1673US10120090B2Evaluation of rock boundaries and acoustic velocities using drill bit sound during vertical drillingSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 6, 2018·1 cites·20 claims
- 1768US9696444B2Dynamic threshold systems, computer readable medium, and program code for filtering noise and restoring attenuated high-frequency components of acoustic signalsSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 4, 2017·3 cites·28 claims
- 1865US10180061B2Methods of evaluating rock properties while drilling using downhole acoustic sensors and a downhole broadband transmitting systemYANG YUNLAI·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 15, 2019·3 cites·20 claims
- 1960US12331639B2System and method for minimizing environmental noises on acoustic signalsSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 17, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
- 2058US10669846B2Apparatus, computer readable medium, and program code for evaluating rock properties while drilling using downhole acoustic sensors and a downhole broadband transmitting systemSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 2, 2020·0 cites·19 claims
- 2155US2025231313A1Energy band method for processing acoustic dataSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2254US10036246B2Apparatus, computer readable medium, and program code for evaluating rock properties while drilling using downhole acoustic sensors and a downhole broadband transmitting systemSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 31, 2018·0 cites·15 claims
- 2345US11920467B2Minimization of drill string rotation rate effect on acoustic signal of drill soundSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 5, 2024·0 cites·18 claims
- 2439US12117580B2Evaluation of rock physical properties from drill sounds through minimizing the effect of the drill bit rotationSAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 15, 2024·0 cites·19 claims
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