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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. 16, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Applicant:
Dale Ian Kunz, Calgary, CA;
Inventor:
Dale Ian Kunz, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
BJ Tool Services Ltd., Calgary, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a seal element for a wellbore which includes a support member, a bag positioned on the support member and a eutectic material positionable in the bag. The bag may be axially compressed and axially extended along the support member thereby permitting sealing and unsealing of an annulus in a wellbore. The eutectic material may be a phase changing salt.