Retrievable whipstock
CA 2104534 C · Owner: Baugh, Benton F. · Inventors: Baugh, Benton F.
Overview
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A retrievable whipstock which can be hydraulically set within a wellbore and following the drilling procedure mechanically released and retrieved for future use. The whipstock includes a whip which directs a milling tool from the main well and a hydraulically actuated packer or anchor for setting the whipstock in the wellbore. The whip includes ratchet teeth on its side edges for mating engagement with a retrieval tool. The retrieval tool includes a nose piece to ensure proper orientation relative to the whipstock and a clamping ring with ratchet teeth to engage the teeth of the whip. The whipstock is released through the application of tension through the retrieval tool allowing removal …
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- Filed August 20, 1993 and granted January 19, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 20, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 20, 2015.
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