WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL CO has a total of 339 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1956. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and France. Its main competitors in its focus markets measurement, basic communication technologies and telecommunications are MINELAB ELECTRONICS PTY LTD, WESTERNGECO SEISMIC HOLDINGS and PGS AMERICAS INC.
# | Country | Total Patents | |
---|---|---|---|
#1 | United States | 160 | |
#2 | Canada | 30 | |
#3 | France | 26 | |
#4 | United Kingdom | 19 | |
#5 | Germany | 12 | |
#6 | Australia | 11 | |
#7 | South Africa | 9 | |
#8 | Japan | 7 | |
#9 | Norway | 7 | |
#10 | Brazil | 6 | |
#11 | EPO (European Patent Office) | 6 | |
#12 | Sweden | 6 | |
#13 | Denmark | 4 | |
#14 | Spain | 4 | |
#15 | Switzerland | 3 | |
#16 | Ireland | 3 | |
#17 | Italy | 3 | |
#18 | Netherlands | 3 | |
#19 | Mexico | 2 | |
#20 | Philippines | 2 | |
#21 | Argentina | 1 | |
#22 | Belgium | 1 | |
#23 | Cyprus | 1 | |
#24 | Egypt | 1 | |
#25 | Greece | 1 | |
#26 | Hong Kong | 1 | |
#27 | Kenya | 1 | |
#28 | Republic of Korea | 1 | |
#29 | Malawi | 1 | |
#30 | Malaysia | 1 | |
#31 | New Zealand | 1 | |
#32 | African Intellectual Property Organization | 1 | |
#33 | Portugal | 1 | |
#34 | USSR (Union of Socialist Soviet Republics) | 1 | |
#35 | Turkey | 1 | |
#36 | Zambia | 1 |
# | Industry | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Measurement | |
#2 | Basic communication technologies | |
#3 | Telecommunications | |
#4 | Digital networks | |
#5 | Machines | |
#6 | Transport |
# | Technology | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Geophysics | |
#2 | Multiplex communication | |
#3 | Digital information transmission | |
#4 | Amplification control | |
#5 | Resonators | |
#6 | Generating mechanical vibrations | |
#7 | Special measuring | |
#8 | Transmission systems | |
#9 | Ships | |
#10 | Unspecified technologies |
# | Name | Total Patents |
---|---|---|
#1 | Savit Carl H | 57 |
#2 | Thigpen Ben B | 24 |
#3 | Siems Lee E | 13 |
#4 | Strange Booth B | 11 |
#5 | Mollere John C | 10 |
#6 | David Sheffet | 9 |
#7 | Savit C | 9 |
#8 | Wells Melvin J | 9 |
#9 | Morgan Paul M | 8 |
#10 | Walker Garland H | 7 |
Publication | Filing date | Title |
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US4692907A | Means for maintaining a fixed relative orientation of two sensors | |
US4686654A | Method for generating orthogonal sweep signals | |
US4676183A | Ring paravane | |
US4679174A | Method for seismic lithologic modeling | |
US4638662A | Tank leakage detector | |
EP0201643A1 | Seismic noise suppression | |
US4639729A | Telemetric system | |
US4688200A | Optical system for detecting acoustic wave energy in a fluid medium | |
US4676337A | Seismic vibrator baseplate | |
US4637000A | Depth transducer protective assembly | |
CA1226064A | Method of seismic lithologic modeling | |
US4647767A | Optical goniometer containing immiscible fluids having different refractive indices | |
CA1231429A | Rf telemetric system | |
US4648082A | Marine acoustic gradient sensor | |
US4707787A | Beam-activated complex-solid formation utilizing pattern-independent, coordinate-sequence construction | |
US4658384A | Method for determining the far-field signature of an air gun array | |
US4639905A | Dual-mode vibrator | |
US4589285A | Wavelength-division-multiplexed receiver array for vertical seismic profiling | |
US4587857A | Method for mounting poorly consolidated core samples | |
ZA8407421B | Marine seismic sensor |