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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:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clive Chemo Lam, Tomball, TX (US);
John Edward Harris, Friendswood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Varco I/P, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/700 ; G01F 2/300 ; G01F 1/900 ; G01L 7/00 ; G01N 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/700 ; G01F 2/300 ; G01F 1/900 ; G01L 7/00 ; G01N 1/100 ;
Abstract
A method for inspecting pipe, the method, in at least certain aspects, including detecting an inspection parameter in at least a first part of a pipe, the pipe having a length, a hollow body, an outer surface, and a generally circular pipe wall with an inner diameter and an outer diameter, locating at a first location the first part of the pipe with respect to the length of the pipe and with respect to the outer diameter of the pipe; and such a method for inspecting pipe which, in at least certain aspects, includes detecting at least a first part of a first imperfection of the pipe.