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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:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
May. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael James Goodwin, Strathmore, AU;
David Harold Theiss, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cooper Cameron Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/12 ;
Abstract
An undersea drilling template adapted to be lowered onto a seabed by a drillpipe. The template comprises a template base and at least one arm having a releasable clamping assembly for releasably connecting the template to the drillpipe. The clamping assembly is adapted to be clamped to the drillpipe during lowering of the template and release from the drillpipe when the lowering is completed.