ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,057, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to HELMERICH & PAYNE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).
"Systems and methods for regulating weight on bit (WOB)" was invented by Zackary William Whitlow (Denver) and Alexander Michael Mitkus (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for regulating weight-on-bit (WOB). Systems and methods for regulating WOB may monitor and change the rate of penetration (ROP) or may maintain the ROP within a target range therefor. The methods for regulating WOB may include characterizing an average force profile, determining whether force profile disturbances occur at similar well elevator position, ...