Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Yale S. Pinkle
  • Floating, modular deepwater platform and method of deployment
    Patent number: 6666624
    Abstract: A floating platform for use in a body of water comprises an uppermost buoyant and ballastable hull partially submerged in the water without contacting the floor of the body of water and usually without being moored to the floor of the body of water. The bottom of the uppermost hull is attached to the top of a lower buoyant and ballastable hull after the lower hull has been completely submerged in the water and anchored to the floor of the body of water with flexible moorings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Union Oil Company of California
    Inventor: Stephen B. Wetch