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Downhole tool for determination of formation properties

EP 0697502 B1 · Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED

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  • Filed September 14, 1989 and granted May 3, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 14, 2009.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by March 14, 2015.
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FiledSeptember 14, 1989
PublishedFebruary 21, 1996
GrantedMay 3, 2000
Term endedSeptember 14, 2009
Application numberEP 95115286
Classification (CPC)E21B49/081 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedSep 14, 1989PublishedFeb 21, 1996Patent grantedMay 3, 2000Term endedSep 14, 2009

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