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EP About this file: EP0572055

EP0572055 - Method for detecting drillstring washouts [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.01.1998
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip10.07.2004Change - lapse in a contracting state
Updated state(s): FR
published on 25.08.2004  [2004/35]
Applicant(s)For:DE  DK  NL 
SEDCO FOREX TECHNOLOGY INC.
8 Calle Aquilino de la Guardia
Panama City / PA
For:FR 
Services Pétroliers Schlumberger
42, rue Saint Dominique
75007 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [1993/48]For:DE  DK  NL 
SEDCO FOREX TECHNOLOGY INC.
8 Calle Aquilino de la Guardia
Panama City / PA
For:FR 
SERVICES PETROLIERS SCHLUMBERGER
42, rue Saint-Dominique
F-75007 Paris / FR
Inventor(s)01 / Damak, Mohamed
22 rue des Boulangers
F-75005 Paris / FR
02 / McCann, Dominic Patrick Joseph
1546 Locke Lane
Sugar Land, Texas 77478 / US
03 / White, David Brian
9 Chemin des Vignes
F-91400 Orsay / FR
[1993/48]
Representative(s)Hyden, Martin Douglas
Rouse Patents
1st Floor
228-240 Banbury Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire OX2 7BY / GB
[N/P]
Former [1993/48]Hyden, Martin Douglas
c/o Schlumberger Cambridge Research Limited PO Box 153
Cambridge CB3 OHG / GB
Application number, filing date93201208.127.04.1993
[1993/48]
Priority number, dateGB1992001104823.05.1992         Original published format: GB 9211048
[1993/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0572055
Date:01.12.1993
Language:EN
[1993/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0572055
Date:26.03.1997
Language:EN
[1997/13]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.08.1993
ClassificationIPC:E21B21/08, E21B44/00
[1993/48]
CPC:
E21B44/00 (EP); E21B21/08 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   DK,   FR,   NL [1993/48]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Feststellung von Lecks in Bohrgestängen[1993/48]
English:Method for detecting drillstring washouts[1993/48]
French:Procédé de détection de fuites dans une colonne de forage[1993/48]
Examination procedure11.04.1994Examination requested  [1994/24]
19.12.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.03.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.06.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
24.09.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.12.1996Fee for grant paid
28.12.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.12.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1998/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.02.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
08.02.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipDK26.03.1997
FR26.03.1997
NL26.03.1997
DE27.06.1997
[2004/35]
Former [2003/08]DK26.03.1997
NL26.03.1997
DE27.06.1997
FR22.08.1997
Former [1998/15]DK26.03.1997
DE27.06.1997
FR22.08.1997
Former [1998/03]DE27.06.1997
FR22.08.1997
Documents cited:Search[A]GB2024434  (NL INDUSTRIES INC);
 [A]US4346594  (OWINGS ALLEN J);
 [A]US4430892  (OWINGS ALLEN J [US]);
 [A]US4941951  (SHEPPARD MICHAEL [US], et al)
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