EP2518264 - Methods and apparatus for drilling, completing and configuring u-tube boreholes [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 13.02.2015 Database last updated on 09.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 13.02.2015 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 18.03.2015 [2015/12] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 10200 Bellaire Boulevard Houston, TX 77072 / US | [N/P] |
Former [2012/44] | For all designated states Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 10200 Bellaire Blvd. Houston, TX 77072 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Tebbutt, Kyler 315 24th Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, T2S3E7 / CA | 02 /
Hess, Joe E 8314 Crescent Knolls Drive Richmond, TX 77406 / US | 03 /
Ryan, Barry Gerard 916 Coachside Cresent S.W. Calgary, Alberta T3H 1A5 / CA | 04 /
Grills, Tracy Lorne 22 Tipping Close Airdrie, Alberta T4A 2A6 / CA | 05 /
Schnell, Rodney Alan 232 Wood Valley Drive Calgary, Alberta T2W 5X7 / CA | 06 /
Gil, Nester Humberton 239 - Grand Meadow Crescent Edmonton, Alberta T6L 1W9 / CA | 07 /
Hay, Richard Thomas 3000 N. Sam Houston Parkway East Houston, TX Texas TX 77032 / US | 08 /
Lee, Dean 5176 Weiman Drive Katy, TX Texas TX 77493 / US | [2013/26] |
Former [2013/24] | 01 /
Tebbutt, Kyler 315 24th Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, T2S3E7 / CA | ||
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Hess, Joe E 7245 Waldron Cove Court Wasilla, AK Alaska 99654 / US | |||
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Ryan, Barry Gerard 916 Coachside Cresent S.W. Calgary, Alberta T3H 1A5 / CA | |||
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Grills, Tracy Lorne 22 Tipping Close Airdrie, Alberta T4A 2A6 / CA | |||
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Schnell, Rodney Alan 232 Wood Valley Drive Calgary, Alberta T2W 5X7 / CA | |||
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Gil, Nester Humberton 239 - Grand Meadow Crescent Edmonton, Alberta T6L 1W9 / CA | |||
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Hay, Richard Thomas 3000 N. Sam Houston Parkway East Houston, TX Texas TX 77032 / US | |||
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Lee, Dean 5176 Weiman Drive Katy, TX Texas TX 77493 / US | |||
Former [2013/09] | 01 /
Tebbutt, Kyler 330 Twinbrooks Drive Edmonton, Alberta T6J 6S5 / CA | ||
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Hess, Joe E 7245 Waldron Cove Court Wasilla, AK Alaska 99654 / US | |||
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Ryan, Barry Gerard 916 Coachside Cresent S.W. Calgary, Alberta T3H 1A5 / CA | |||
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Grills, Tracy Lorne 22 Tipping Close Airdrie, Alberta T4A 2A6 / CA | |||
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Schnell, Rodney Alan 232 Wood Valley Drive Calgary, Alberta T2W 5X7 / CA | |||
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Gil, Nester Humberton 239 - Grand Meadow Crescent Edmonton, Alberta T6L 1W9 / CA | |||
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Hay, Richard Thomas 3000 N. Sam Houston Parkway East Houston, TX Texas TX 77032 / US | |||
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Lee, Dean 5176 Weiman Drive Katy, TX Texas TX 77493 / US | |||
Former [2012/44] | 01 /
Tebbutt, Kyler 330 Twinbrooks Drive Edmonton, Alberta T6J 6S5 / CA | ||
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Hess, Joe E P.O. Box 876321 Wasilla, AK Alaska 99687 / US | |||
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Ryan, Barry Gerard 916 Coachside Cresent S.W. Calgary, Alberta T3H 1A5 / CA | |||
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Grills, Tracy Lorne 22 Tipping Close Airdrie, Alberta T4A 2A6 / CA | |||
05 /
Schnell, Rodney Alan 232 Wood Valley Drive Calgary, Alberta T2W 5X7 / CA | |||
06 /
Gil, Nester Humberton 239 - Grand Meadow Crescent Edmonton, Alberta T6L 1W9 / CA | |||
07 /
Hay, Richard Thomas 3000 N. Sam Houston Parkway East Houston, TX Texas TX 77032 / US | |||
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Lee, Dean 5176 Weiman Drive Katy, TX Texas TX 77493 / US | Representative(s) | Brown, James Douglas Murgitroyd & Company Scotland House 165-169 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8PL / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2012/44] | Brown, James Douglas Murgitroyd & Company Scotland House 165-169 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8PL / GB | Application number, filing date | 12178225.4 | 17.11.2005 | [2012/44] | Priority number, date | US20040629747P | 19.11.2004 Original published format: US 629747 P | [2012/44] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2518264 | Date: | 31.10.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/44] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2518264 | Date: | 09.04.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/15] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 04.10.2012 | Classification | IPC: | E21B43/30 | [2012/44] | CPC: |
E21B43/305 (EP,NO,US);
E21B7/04 (NO)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2012/44] | Title | German: | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Bohren, Abschließen und Konfigurieren von U-Rohrbohrlöchern | [2012/44] | English: | Methods and apparatus for drilling, completing and configuring u-tube boreholes | [2012/44] | French: | Procédés et appareil pour forer, exécuter et configurer des trous de forage à tube en u | [2012/44] | Examination procedure | 24.08.2012 | Examination requested [2012/44] | 11.12.2012 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 01.02.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 02.04.2013 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 31.10.2013 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.02.2014 | Fee for grant paid | 25.02.2014 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP05810850.7 / EP1815101 | Opposition(s) | 12.01.2015 | No opposition filed within time limit [2015/12] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.08.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.08.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.08.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 24.08.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 24.08.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 07.11.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 07.11.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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