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EP0643787
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
About this file: EP0643787
| EP0643787 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING AND USING A DRILLING APPARATUS OR A CRANE APPARATUS FROM A SINGLE MOVABLE VESSEL [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.08.2003 Database last updated on 08.12.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 02.08.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 17.09.2003 [2003/38] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states ROWAN COMPANIES, INC. 5450 Transco Tower, 2800 Post Oak Boulevard Houston, TX 77056-6111 / US | [1995/12] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MCNEASE, Daniel, F. 22711 Laurelwood Lane Tomball, TX 78375 / US | [1995/12] | Representative(s) | Deans, Michael John Percy Marks & Clerk LLP 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1995/12] | Deans, Michael John Percy Lloyd Wise, Tregear & CO. Norman House 105-109 Strand London WC2R OAE / GB | Application number, filing date | 93909474.4 | 06.04.1993 | [1995/12] | WO1993US03159 | Priority number, date | US19920863945 | 06.04.1992 Original published format: US 863945 | [1995/12] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9320289 | Date: | 14.10.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/25] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0643787 | Date: | 22.03.1995 | Language: | EN | The application has been published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.10.1993 | [1995/12] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0643787 | Date: | 25.09.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/39] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 14.10.1993 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.04.1997 | Classification | International: | E02B17/00 | [1995/12] | Designated contracting states | GB, NL [1995/12] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG FÜR DEN TRANSPORT UND GEBRAUCH EINER BOHRVORRICHTUNG ODER EINES KRANS VON EINEM EINZIGEN VERFAHRBAREN FAHRZEUG | [1995/12] | English: | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING AND USING A DRILLING APPARATUS OR A CRANE APPARATUS FROM A SINGLE MOVABLE VESSEL | [1995/12] | French: | PROCEDE ET EQUIPEMENT CONCERNANT LE TRANSPORT ET L'UTILISATION D'UNE INSTALLATION DE FORAGE OU D'UNE GRUE AVEC UNE SEULE PLATE-FORME | [1995/12] | Entry into regional phase | 04.11.1994 | National basic fee paid | 04.11.1994 | Search fee paid | 04.11.1994 | Designation fee(s) paid | 04.11.1994 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 05.11.1993 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 04.11.1994 | Examination requested [1995/12] | 15.12.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 15.06.2000 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.04.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 02.08.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.11.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 15.04.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 09.07.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 09.07.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 26.06.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2003/38] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.03.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.03.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.03.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 26.03.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 14.04.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 13.04.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 12.04.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 12.04.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | Documents cited: | Search | [ ] No further relevant documents disclosed | International search | [Y]US4103503 (SMITH MARVIN L); | [Y]US4456404 (EVANS DARRELL L [US]); | [Y]US4729695 (SILVESTRI ANTONIO [IT]); | [A]US4973198 (COX BOBBY E [US]); | [A]FR1214760 (BATAAFSCHE PETROLEUM) |