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EP About this file: EP3377923

EP3377923 - HORIZON-BASED SPLITTING INTENSITY INVERSION FOR ANISOTROPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF A TARGET VOLUME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  09.02.2024
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  03.03.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  15.11.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.08.2018
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  26.05.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE		published on 04.09.2024  [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For:FR 
Services Pétroliers Schlumberger
42, rue Saint Dominique
75007 Paris / FR
For:AL  AT  BE  BG  CH  CY  CZ  DE  DK  EE  ES  FI  GB  GR  HR  HU  IE  IS  IT  LI  LT  LU  LV  MC  MK  MT  NL  NO  PL  PT  RO  RS  SE  SI  SK  SM  TR 
Geoquest Systems B.V.
Gevers Deynootweg 61
2586 BJ The Hague / NL
[2018/39]
Inventor(s)01 / BOIERO, Daniele
Flat 8
58 London Road
Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1DT / GB
02 / BAGAINI, Claudio
Schlumberger House
Buckingham Gate
Gatwick Sussex RH6 0NZ / GB
 [2018/39]
Representative(s)Schlumberger Intellectual Property Department
Parkstraat 83
2514 JG Den Haag / NL
[2018/39]
Application number, filing date16866813.514.10.2016
[2018/39]
WO2016US56928
Priority number, dateUS201562257023P18.11.2015         Original published format: US 201562257023 P
[2018/39]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2017087100
Date:26.05.2017
Language:EN
[2017/21]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP3377923
Date:26.09.2018
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.05.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2018/39]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3377923
Date:05.04.2023
Language:EN
[2023/14]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR01.03.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.07.2019
ClassificationIPC:G01V1/28
[2018/39]
CPC:
G01V1/28 (EP,US); G01V1/284 (EP,US); G01V1/30 (US);
G01V1/362 (US); G01V2210/586 (EP,US); G01V2210/626 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2018/39]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:HORIZONTBASIERTE SPALTUNGSINTENSITÄTSINVERSION ZUR ANISOTROPEN CHARAKTERISIERUNG EINES ZIELVOLUMENS[2018/39]
English:HORIZON-BASED SPLITTING INTENSITY INVERSION FOR ANISOTROPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF A TARGET VOLUME[2018/39]
French:INVERSION D'INTENSITÉ DE DIVISION BASÉE SUR L'HORIZON POUR CARACTÉRISATION ANISOTROPE D'UN VOLUME CIBLE[2018/39]
Entry into regional phase14.06.2018National basic fee paid 
14.06.2018Search fee paid 
14.06.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
14.06.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure14.06.2018Examination requested  [2018/39]
14.06.2018Date on which the examining division has become responsible
13.01.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.11.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.02.2023Fee for grant paid
24.02.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
24.02.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)08.01.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.10.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
15.10.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
14.10.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
29.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
15.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01894.x
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