US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Jan. 27 for "Downhole acoustic system for determining a rate of penetration of a drill string and related methods" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,001, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Downhole acoustic system for determining a rate of penetration of a drill string and related methods" was invented by R. Keith Glasgow Jr. (Willis, Texas), Eric C. Sullivan (Houston), Navish Makkar (Celle, Germany), Otto Fanini (Houston), Priscila Farias Ronqui (The Woodlands, Texas), Jason R. Habernal (Magnolia, Texas) and Richard Yao (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining a rate of penetration of a drill bit using acoustic technology. The method comprises providing a drill string including a drill bit confi...