Gas lift valve
CA 2700640 C · Owner: Schlumberger Canada Limited · Inventors: Messick, Tyson R.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A gas lift valve that is usable with a subterranean well includes a housing a valve stem and at least one bellows. The housing has a port that is in communication with a first fluid and the valve stem is responsive to the first fluid to establish a predefined threshold to open the valve. The bellow(s) form a seal between the valve stem and the housing. The bellow(s) are subject to a force that is exerted by the first fluid; and a second fluid contained in the bellow(s) opposes the force that is exerted by the first fluid.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed March 19, 2004 and granted December 2, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 19, 2024.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 19, 2026.
- We check Canadian rights only. A patent in its family in another country could still be in force: check its family on Google Patents.
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