Delayed opening fluid sampler
CA 2006894 C · Owner: Zunkel, Gary D. · Inventors: Zunkel, Gary D.
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A delayed opening fluid sampling tool comprises a body having three chambers and a port defined therein. The tool also comprises a metering device which is disposed in the body between two of the chambers, one of which chambers is for holding a metering fluid and the other of which is for receiving fluid which is transferred through the metering device. The tool further comprises a valve which is disposed in the body between the port and the remaining chamber, which remaining chamber is for receiving a well fluid sample. The valve is moved relative to the body in response to pressure acting on the valve through the port. Only after a predetermined time delay after the pressure begins moving …
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- Filed December 29, 1989 and granted October 18, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 29, 2009.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 29, 2011.
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