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EP3956541 - MODELING AND SIMULATING FAULTS IN SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.04.2024
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  21.01.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  23.10.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip07.08.2024New entry: Reply to examination report 
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
[2022/08]
Inventor(s)01 / HARRIS, Simon
55 Western Avenue, Milton Park
Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 4RU / GB
02 / SANTOSHINI, Samita
Schlumberger SIS
18th Floor, Rohas PureCircle
No. 9, Jalan P. Ramlee
Kuala Lumpur, 50250 / MY
03 / GRENFELL, Stephen
Schlumberger Oilfield UK PLC
55 Western Avenue
Milton Park
Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 4RU / GB
 [2022/08]
Representative(s)Schlumberger Intellectual Property Department
Parkstraat 83
2514 JG Den Haag / NL
[2022/08]
Application number, filing date20791552.115.04.2020
[2022/08]
WO2020US28200
Priority number, dateUS201962833856P15.04.2019         Original published format: US 201962833856 P
US201962833843P15.04.2019         Original published format: US 201962833843 P
[2022/08]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020214635
Date:22.10.2020
Language:EN
[2020/43]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3956541
Date:23.02.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.10.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/08]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR22.10.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.01.2023
ClassificationIPC:G01V99/00, // G01V1/30
[2023/06]
CPC:
G01V20/00 (EP,US); G01V1/301 (EP,US); E21B2200/20 (EP);
G01V2210/642 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2022/08]E21B41/00, G01V3/08, E21B43/12, E21B47/00, E21B49/00
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 [2022/08]
TitleGerman:MODELLIERUNG UND SIMULATION VON FEHLERN IN UNTERIRDISCHEN FORMATIONEN[2022/08]
English:MODELING AND SIMULATING FAULTS IN SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS[2022/08]
French:MODÉLISATION ET SIMULATION DE DÉFAUTS DANS DES FORMATIONS SOUTERRAINES[2022/08]
Entry into regional phase14.10.2021National basic fee paid 
14.10.2021Search fee paid 
14.10.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
14.10.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure14.10.2021Examination requested  [2022/08]
24.07.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.04.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.08.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
14.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
13.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]US8315845  (LEPAGE FRANCOIS [FR]) [A] 1-15* the whole document *;
 [Y]US9524590  (MALLET JEAN-LAURENT [LU]) [Y] 1-15 * claim 1 * * figures 2, 5 * * column 1, line 40 - line 47 * * column 9, line 5 - line 45 * * column 20, line 6 - line 46 * * column 25, line 48 - line 53 *;
 [A]US9600608  (POUDRET MATHIEU [FR], et al) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *;
 [Y]  - HARRIS SIMON ET AL, "SPE-193202-MS Complex Geological Modeling and Quality Assurance Using Unstructured Grids", ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE, (20181112), doi:10.2118/193202-MS, ISBN 978-1-61399-632-4, XP055834052 [Y] 1-15 * figures 1, 3, 6, 8 * * Introduction * * Section "Creation of an accurate structural model", Subsection "Introduction and example dataset" * * Section "Creation of unstructured grid representation of structural model" - Subsection "The depogrid concept" * * Page 10, Section "Analysis of the local axis orthogonality and length." * * Pages 14-15, Section "The representation of directional permeability in flow simulators" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/193202-MS
International search[A]US2015260016  (FUNG LARRY SIU-KUEN [SA], et al) [A] 1-20 * paragraphs [0012]-[0017] and claims 1-8 *;
 [Y]US9229130  (MALLET JEAN-LAURENT [LU]) [Y] 1-20 * column 1, line 48 - column 21, line 55, claims 1-15, and figures 2, 5 *;
 [A]US2016124117  (HUANG HAO [US], et al) [A] 1-20* claims 1-15 *;
 [Y]WO2018065027  (TOTAL E&P UK LTD [GB]) [Y] 1-20 * title, abstract, page 2, line 12 - page 8, line 5, and claims 1-15 *;
 [Y]US2018137223  (FUNG LARRY SIU-KUEN [SA], et al) [Y] 13-14 * abstract, paragraph [0034], and claims 2, 3 *
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