Data Whisperer LLC

Patent Advisory

You Have an Idea. Can You Make Money From It?

Inventing something is the easy part. Understanding whether your patent can generate real commercial value — before you spend thousands on lawyers — is where most inventors get stuck.

Patent Portfolio

Plain-Language Patent Advice for Inventors and Engineers

We offer non-professional patent review and commercial viability advisory services. This is not legal advice, and we're not patent attorneys. What we are is an experienced team of Physicists, PhDs, Software and technical professionals who understand how industrial technology gets commercialized — and how often it doesn't. If you've invented something in the industrial data, instrumentation, SCADA, or related technology space, we can help you think through the commercial reality before you commit significant resources to the patent process.

What We Actually Do

Commercial Viability Assessment

We look at your invention from a market perspective. Is there a real problem being solved? Who would pay for it? What would they pay? Are there existing solutions that already do this? Is the market large enough to justify the cost of patenting and commercializing?

Technical Feasibility Review

Can the device or method actually be built and deployed at commercial scale? Are there engineering challenges that would make it impractical or prohibitively expensive? We bring deep technical experience in industrial systems to this assessment.

Competitive Landscape Overview

We help you understand the existing technology landscape — not a formal patent search, but a practical assessment of what's already out there and how your invention compares. This helps you understand whether your idea is truly novel and whether competitors could design around it.

Commercialization Pathway Discussion

If the idea has merit, what's the path to making money from it? License it to an existing company? Build a product around it? Use it as a defensive patent? We help you think through the options and their realistic prospects.

Important: This Is Not Legal Advice

We are not patent attorneys and we do not provide legal advice. Our advisory service is focused on the commercial and technical dimensions of your invention — the questions that come before you engage a patent attorney. If your idea has commercial merit, we'll tell you, and we can point you toward the right legal resources for the next steps.

Who This Is For

  • Engineers and technical professionals who've developed a novel method or device in the course of their work
  • Inventors in the industrial, mining, oil & gas, or energy technology space
  • Small companies or startups who want to understand the commercial value of a potential patent before investing in the legal process
  • Anyone who's been told 'you should patent that' and wants an honest second opinion on whether it's worth it

Patent Portfolio & Publications

The advisory perspective offered here is grounded in direct experience as an inventor. The following patents and publications represent work across industrial instrumentation, geophysical measurement, SCADA, and subsurface imaging.

Granted Patents

  • #10401524
    Reflectivity and Frac'ing, Zero Angle, Near Field CSEMUS
  • #10254428
    Near and Far Field ULF and InSAR for ImagingUS and PCT
  • #10254426
    Fiber Optic Sensor Array for EM Data CollectionUS and PCT
  • #9983325
    Reflectivity and Frac'ingUS
  • #9638826
    Near and Far Field ULF and ELF InSAR for Subsurface ImagingUS
  • #8680456
    Methods and Apparatus for Determination of Parameters Related to the Movement of a Coiled Tubing StringUS
  • #8548742
    Non-Contact Measurement Systems for Wireline and Coiled TubingUS
  • #7273098
    Method for Controlling Oil and Gas Well Production from Multiple WellsUS
  • #6883606
    Differential Pressure ControllerUS
  • #6344747
    Device and Method for Monitoring the Condition of a ThermocoupleUS
  • #4903245
    Real-Time Drill-Bit Vibration Monitoring Method and DeviceUS

Published Applications (No Patent Number Yet)

  • System and Method for Combined Streaming Potential and Controlled-Source Electromagnetic (spCSEM) ModelingUS and PCT · Published September 8, 2023
    Published
  • Near Surface Void Detection Using CSEMUS Patent application and PCT · Published June 28, 2022
    Published

Pending Applications

  • Phase Velocity Spectrogram and Neural Network Classification of Micro Seismic WaveformsUS and PCT · Filed November 1, 2024
    Pending
  • Streaming Potential Measurements by Modulating Pump Flow Rate or PressureUS and PCT · Filed January 1, 2024
    Pending

Technical Publications

  • SPE Paper: Development and Successful Deployment of an Automated Nitrogen Vaporizer
  • URTeC Paper: Use of CSEM Geophysical Measurements to Predict Frac Hits

Tell Us About Your Idea

A brief, confidential conversation is the best place to start. Describe your invention and we'll give you an honest assessment of its commercial prospects.