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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur W Morton, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Conoco Inc., Ponca City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405158 ; 405166 ; 405171 ;
Abstract
A long pipeline is constructed at an on-shore site and then launched into a body of water. A tension force is maintained on the pipeline during launching to hold the pipeline off the floor of the body of water.