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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. 29, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philippe F. Salamitou, Mamaroneck, NY (US);
Kenneth E. Stephenson, Newtown, CT (US);
John W. J. Ferguson, Cambridge, GB;
John Barry Fitzgerald, Cambridge, GB;
Anthony Robert Holmes Goodwin, Thomaston, CT (US);
Gerald H. Meeten, Ware, GB;
Sarah Pelham, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/74 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/74 ;
Abstract
A flow meter for multiphase flows, includes a holdup measuring device having a Venturi located upstream thereof and separated therefrom by a distance that results in flow through the holdup measuring device being at least partially homogenized by the effect of the Venturi on the fluids flowing therethrough.