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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:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph K. Flowers, Houston, TX (US);
Michael L. Smith, Missouri City, TX (US);
Jeffrey Beckel, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Sarmad Adnan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Lawrence J. Leising, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 3/400 ; E21B 3/408 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 3/400 ; E21B 3/408 ;
Abstract
A system is disclosed for communication from an instrument disposed in a wellbore. The system includes a flow diverter selectively operable to conduct fluid flow between a first path along the interior of a housing and a second path along the interior of the housing. The system includes an initiator operatively coupled to the flow diverter to cause selective operation thereof in response to an event.