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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:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paulo S. Tubel, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Jeffrey E. Johnson, Houston, TX (US);
Colin M. Angle, Watertown, MA (US);
Thomas W. McIntyre, Harvard, MA (US);
Assignee:
Intelligent Inspection Corporation, Somerville, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/400 ;
Abstract
An autonomous downhole oilfield tool having its own mobility and decision making capability so that it may be deployed in a downhole environment to monitor and control said environment by modifying operations of other devices and maintaining downhole structures.