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Steerable drilling with downhole motor

AU 1996044357 · Applicant: Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij Bv

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  • Filed December 20, 1995 and granted November 5, 1998. An Australian standard patent lasts 20 years from its date of patent, which is at most a year after this filing, so its term ended by December 20, 2016.
  • A pharmaceutical extension adds at most five years, so even that would have ended by December 20, 2021.
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FiledDecember 20, 1995
GrantedNovember 5, 1998
Term ended byDecember 20, 2016
Application numberAU 1996044357
Classification (IPC)E21B7/06

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1996199920022005200820112014Application filedDec 20, 1995Patent grantedNov 5, 1998Term ended byDec 20, 2016

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