Patent application 14374182 (US), filed 2014-07-23
Publication number: US20150037101A1
Title: ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A VARIABLE-CONFIGURATION LAY RAMP OF A PIPELINE LAYING VESSEL, TO LAY A PIPELINE ON THE BED OF A BODY OF WATER
CPC codes: F16L   1/225
B63B  35/03
F16L   1/205
F16L   1/207
F16L   1/235
G05B  15/02
Office action: rejection, dated 2015-10-16
Rejection reasons: anticipation_102
Prior art cited: ref_id: 20110052324
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: granted (2015-10-16)