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EP0948703 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXPANDING A LINER PATCH; A STROKE INDICATOR; AND A TUBULAR PATCH [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 01.12.2006 Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	28.11.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): FR	published on 31.12.2008 [2009/01]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Weatherford/Lamb Inc. 515 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 600 Houston Texas 77027 / US
	[2006/03]
Former [2005/47]	For all designated states Weatherford/Lamb Inc. 515 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 600 Houston Texas 77027 / US
Former [1999/41]	For all designated states Weatherford/Lamb Inc. CSC - The United States Corporation Company, 1013 Centre Road Wilmington, DE 19805 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / BAILEY, Thomas, Floyd 13055 Pebblebrook Houston, TX 77079 / US
	02 / HAUGEN, David, Michael 408 North Iowa Street League City, TX 77573 / US
	03 / SMALLEY, Michael, Tague 12410 Raven South Cypress, TX 77429 / US
	04 / WRIGHT, Ralph, David 1 Barley Hill Close, Kintore Invervrie Aberdeen, AB51 0XR / GB
	05 / TILTON, Fredrick, Thomas 3414 Rolling Terrace Spring, TX 77388 / US
	[2000/03]
Former [1999/41]	01 / BAILEY, Thomas, Floyd 13055 Pebblebrook Houston, TX 77079 / US
	02 / HAUGEN, David, Michael 408 North Iowa Street League City, TX 77573 / US
	03 / SMALLEY, Michael, Tague 11111 Saathoff Street 1007 Cypress, TX 77429 / US
	04 / WRIGHT, Ralph, David 1 Barley Hill Close, Kintore Invervrie Aberdeen, AB51 0XR / GB
	05 / TILTON, Fredrick, Thomas 3414 Rolling Terrace Spring, TX 77388 / US
Representative(s)	Harding, Richard Patrick, et al Marks & Clerk LLP 4220 Nash Court Oxford Business Park South Oxford OX4 2RU / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1999/44]	Harding, Richard Patrick, et al Marks & Clerk, Nash Court, Oxford Business Park South Oxford OX4 2RU / GB
Former [1999/41]	Lucas, Brian Ronald, et al Lucas & Co. 135 Westhall Road Warlingham Surrey CR6 9HJ / GB
Application number, filing date	97912307.2	14.11.1997
	[1999/41]
	WO1997GB03049
Priority number, date	US19960748987	14.11.1996 Original published format: US 748987
	US19970946145	07.10.1997 Original published format: US 946145
	[1999/41]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO9821444
	Date:	22.05.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/20]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0948703
	Date:	13.10.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.05.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/41]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0948703
	Date:	18.01.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/03]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	27.08.1998
Classification	IPC:	E21B29/10, E21B43/10, F16L55/162	[1999/41]
	CPC:	E21B17/02 (EP,US); E21B17/08 (EP,US); E21B29/10 (EP,US); E21B43/103 (EP,US); E21B43/105 (EP,US); E21B43/106 (EP,US); (+) E21B47/095 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [2000/14]
Former [1999/41]	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM EXPANDIEREN EINES LINER FLICKENS, HUBANZEIGEVORRICHTUNG UND ROHRFÖRMIGER FLICKEN	[1999/41]
	English:	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXPANDING A LINER PATCH; A STROKE INDICATOR; AND A TUBULAR PATCH	[1999/41]
	French:	APPAREIL ET PROCEDE D'EXTENSION D'UNE PIECE DE REVETEMENT, INDICATEUR DE COURSE ET PIECE POUR MATERIEL TUBULAIRE	[1999/41]
Entry into regional phase	29.03.1999	National basic fee paid
	29.03.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	29.03.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	09.06.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	29.03.1999	Examination requested [1999/41]
	15.06.1999	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
	17.11.1999	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, CH, DK, ES, FI, GR, IE, LU, MC, PT, SE
	20.09.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	24.11.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	30.06.2005	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	18.07.2005	Fee for grant paid
	18.07.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP04104558.4 / EP1491718
Opposition(s)	19.10.2006	No opposition filed within time limit [2007/01]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	12.11.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.11.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.11.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.11.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	12.11.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
	12.11.2004	Renewal fee patent year 08
	14.11.2005	Renewal fee patent year 09
	Penalty fee
	Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
	30.08.1999	AT M01 Not yet paid
	30.08.1999	BE M01 Not yet paid
	30.08.1999	CH M01 Not yet paid
	30.08.1999	DK M01 Not yet paid
	30.08.1999	ES M01 Not yet paid
	30.08.1999	FI M01 Not yet paid
	30.08.1999	GR M01 Not yet paid
	30.08.1999	IE M01 Not yet paid
	30.08.1999	LU M01 Not yet paid
	30.08.1999	MC M01 Not yet paid
	30.08.1999	PT M01 Not yet paid
	30.08.1999	SE M01 Not yet paid
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	FR	18.01.2006
	IT	18.01.2006
	NL	18.01.2006
	DE	19.04.2006
	[2009/01]
Former [2008/07]	IT	18.01.2006
	NL	18.01.2006
	DE	19.04.2006
Former [2007/17]	NL	18.01.2006
	DE	19.04.2006
Former [2006/45]	NL	18.01.2006
Cited in	International search	[A]GB790455 (CLAUDE LAVAL JR) [A] 1 * figure - *;
		[Y]US3297092 (JENNINGS EARL R) [Y] 6,8 * column 2, line 62 - column 3, line 54; figure - *;
		[A]US3489220 (KINLEY MYRON M) [A] 3 * figures 14,15 *;
		[A]US3627068 (WAGNON HUBERT H, et al) [A] 11 * abstract *;
		[XY]US3785193 (KINLEY M, et al) [X] 2,9,16,17 * column 5, line 21 - line 68; figures 4,5 * * column 6, line 36 - line 68 * * column 7, line 25 - line 42 * [Y] 6,8,29,30;
		[A]US4809793 (HAILEY CHARLES D [US]) [A] 18-22 * abstract * * column 5, line 18 - line 25 * * column 11, line 45 - line 57 *;
		[A]GB2227038 (DRILEX SYST INC [US]) [A] 18-22* abstract *;
		[A]US5113703 (HEARN DAVID D [US]) [A] 18-22 * column 5, line 7 - line 42; figure - * * column 6, line 37 - column 7, line 13 *;
		[Y]GB2276648 (HALLIBURTON CO [US]) [Y] 29,30 * page 20, paragraph 2 - page 21, paragraph 2; figures 9A,9B *;
		[XP]WO9720130 (PETROLINE WIRELINE SERVICES [GB], et al) [XP] 1,4,5,8,9,12,14,15,17 * page 14, line 5 - page 15, line 26; figures 7,8 *;
		[A] - SMITH H G, "PATCHES CURE LEAKY CASING PROBLEMS IN INDONESIA", OIL AND GAS JOURNAL, (19900528), vol. 88, no. 22, page 99, 102/103, XP000121198 [A] 1

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