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 | ||
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HAUGEN, David, Michael 408 North Iowa Street League City, TX 77573 / US | |||
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SMALLEY, Michael, Tague 11111 Saathoff Street 1007 Cypress, TX 77429 / US | |||
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WRIGHT, Ralph, David 1 Barley Hill Close, Kintore Invervrie Aberdeen, AB51 0XR / GB | |||
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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)
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| 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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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | 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 |