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EP2473707 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING STRESS IN A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 22.01.2021 Database last updated on 13.11.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 14.02.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 03.12.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 22.06.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Halliburton Energy Services Inc. 3000 N. Sam Houston Parkway E. Houston, Texas 77032 / US
	[2019/25]
Former [2012/28]	For all designated states Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 10200 Bellaire Blvd. 8 Houston, Texas 77072 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / LI, Gang 10440 Deerwood Road Apt. 837 Houston, Texas 77042 / US
	02 / WILLIAMS, Kenneth Edward 8 Wild Oak Circle Houston, Texas 77055 / US
	[2012/28]
Representative(s)	Turner, Craig Robert AA Thornton IP LLP 8th Floor, 125 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1AR / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2020/12]	Turner, Craig Robert A.A. Thornton & Co. 10 Old Bailey London EC4M 7NG / GB
Former [2012/28]	Turner, Craig Robert A.A. Thornton & Co. 235 High Holborn London WC1V 7LE / GB
Application number, filing date	09848844.8	31.08.2009
	[2020/12]
	WO2009US55484
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2011025498
	Date:	03.03.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/09]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2473707
	Date:	11.07.2012
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.03.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2012/28]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2473707
	Date:	18.03.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/12]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	KR	03.03.2011
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	15.09.2016
Classification	IPC:	E21B47/00, E21B49/00	[2016/42]
	CPC:	E21B49/006 (EP,US); E21B47/007 (US)
	Former IPC [2012/28]	E21B47/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2012/28]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	BA	Not yet paid
	RS	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR STRESSMESSUNG IN EINER UNTERIRDISCHEN FORMATION	[2012/28]
	English:	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING STRESS IN A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION	[2012/28]
	French:	APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE MESURE DE LA CONTRAINTE DANS UNE FORMATION SOUTERRAINE	[2012/28]
Entry into regional phase	07.03.2012	National basic fee paid
	07.03.2012	Search fee paid
	07.03.2012	Designation fee(s) paid
	07.03.2012	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	07.03.2012	Examination requested [2012/28]
	13.04.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	21.06.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.10.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	27.02.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.06.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.12.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	07.02.2020	Fee for grant paid
	07.02.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	07.02.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 21.06.2018
Opposition(s)	21.12.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/08]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	07.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 03
	08.08.2012	Renewal fee patent year 04
	07.08.2013	Renewal fee patent year 05
	07.08.2014	Renewal fee patent year 06
	07.08.2015	Renewal fee patent year 07
	25.07.2016	Renewal fee patent year 08
	12.06.2017	Renewal fee patent year 09
	06.06.2018	Renewal fee patent year 10
	04.06.2019	Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	31.08.2009
	AT	18.03.2020
	CY	18.03.2020
	CZ	18.03.2020
	DK	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	ES	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	IT	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	MC	18.03.2020
	MK	18.03.2020
	MT	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	PL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SI	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	TR	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	IE	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
	LU	31.08.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]	HU	31.08.2009
	AT	18.03.2020
	CY	18.03.2020
	CZ	18.03.2020
	DK	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	ES	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	IT	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	MC	18.03.2020
	MT	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	PL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SI	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	TR	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	IE	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
	LU	31.08.2020
Former [2022/26]	AT	18.03.2020
	CZ	18.03.2020
	DK	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	ES	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	IT	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	MC	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	PL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SI	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	TR	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	IE	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
	LU	31.08.2020
Former [2021/37]	AT	18.03.2020
	CZ	18.03.2020
	DK	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	ES	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	IT	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	MC	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	PL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SI	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	IE	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
	LU	31.08.2020
Former [2021/36]	AT	18.03.2020
	CZ	18.03.2020
	DK	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	ES	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	IT	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	MC	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	PL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SI	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
	BE	31.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
	LU	31.08.2020
Former [2021/35]	AT	18.03.2020
	CZ	18.03.2020
	DK	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	ES	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	IT	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	MC	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	PL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SI	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	FR	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
	LU	31.08.2020
Former [2021/24]	AT	18.03.2020
	CZ	18.03.2020
	DK	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	ES	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	IT	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	MC	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	PL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SI	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
	LU	31.08.2020
Former [2021/20]	AT	18.03.2020
	CZ	18.03.2020
	DK	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	ES	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	IT	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	MC	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	PL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
	CH	31.08.2020
	LI	31.08.2020
	LU	31.08.2020
Former [2021/18]	AT	18.03.2020
	CZ	18.03.2020
	DK	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	ES	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	IT	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	MC	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	PL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
Former [2021/10]	AT	18.03.2020
	CZ	18.03.2020
	DK	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	ES	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	IT	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	PL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
Former [2021/09]	AT	18.03.2020
	CZ	18.03.2020
	DK	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	ES	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	IT	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
Former [2021/08]	CZ	18.03.2020
	DK	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	ES	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
Former [2020/50]	CZ	18.03.2020
	EE	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
Former [2020/49]	CZ	18.03.2020
	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SK	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
Former [2020/48]	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	RO	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	SM	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
	PT	12.08.2020
Former [2020/47]	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	LT	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
Former [2020/46]	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
	IS	18.07.2020
Former [2020/45]	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	NL	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
Former [2020/39]	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	BG	18.06.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
Former [2020/38]	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
	GR	19.06.2020
Former [2020/37]	FI	18.03.2020
	HR	18.03.2020
	LV	18.03.2020
	SE	18.03.2020
Former [2020/35]	FI	18.03.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[X]US7513167 (SERATA SHOSEI [US]) [X] 1,4 * column 11, line 62 - column 12, line 8; figure 14; claim 8 *;
		[Y]US5576485 (SERATA SHOSEI [US]) [Y] 1-15 * column 8, line 29 - line 64 *;
		[Y]US5511615 (RHETT DOUGLAS W [US]) [Y] 1-15 * column 2, line 11 - line 49 *
	International search	[X]US5576485 (SERATA SHOSEI [US]);
		[A]US3961524 (DE LA CRUZ RODOLFO V);
		[A]US5381690 (KANDUTH HARALD H [CA], et al);
		[A]US2004237640 (MEISTER MATTHIAS [DE], et al)
	Examination	US3961524
		US4149409

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