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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:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2002
Applicants:
Thomas Hergarden, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Murphy, Humble, TX (US);
Paul Riley, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FMC Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 3302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A temporary abandonment cap includes a body, a pressure-retaining top portion extending across the body and a plurality of locking pins coupled to the body and a single moveable handle, the locking pins being adapted to be moved from an engaged position to a disengaged position by movement of the single handle. The temporary abandonment cap is lightweight, reusable, and can be placed on and retrieved from an open pipe of a subsea well.