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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 2007346700', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 200580016654', 'Application No. 20068055799', 'Application No. 03813035', 'Application No. 07717568', 'Application No. 2002', 'Application No. 2202', 'Application No. 0707831']

Patente US9488029 - Swellable packer with enhanced sealing capability - Google Patentes
A swellable packer with enhanced sealing capability. A packer assembly includes multiple seal elements, each seal element being swellable downhole, each seal element having at least one face inclined relative to a longitudinal axis of the assembly, and the inclined faces of adjacent seal elements contacting...http://www.google.es/patents/US9488029?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US9488029 - Swellable packer with enhanced sealing capability
Número de publicación US9488029 B2
Número de solicitud US 13/303,477
También publicado como CA2677254A1, CA2677254C, CA2765193A1, CA2765193C, EP2129865A1, EP2129865A4, US9303483, US20080185158, US20120067565, WO2008097312A1
Número de publicación 13303477, 303477, US 9488029 B2, US 9488029B2, US-B2-9488029, US9488029 B2, US9488029B2
Inventores Christopher J. Chalker, Kristian Solhaug
Citas de patentes (258), Otras citas (119), Clasificaciones (5), Eventos legales (1)
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Clasificación internacional E21B33/12, E21B33/13
Clasificación cooperativa E21B33/1208, Y10T29/49826, E21B33/13