Protection of a pipeline
CA 2285496 A1 · Owner: Gibson, Mark W. · Inventors: Cork, Michael S.; Gibson, Mark W.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A pipeline having a reinforcing wrapping helically wound around said pipeline. The wrapping comprises a naturally-occurring hydrophobic fibre exhibiting chemical and electrical resistance properties. In particular the, wrapping comprises basalt or jasper fibres and a matrix polymer encapsulating the fibres, with the matrix polymer being adhered to the pipeline. The fibres and polymer may also be coated on the pipeline.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed October 5, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 5, 2019.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 5, 2021.
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