Patents by Inventor Bernard Molin

Bernard Molin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Semi submersible platform with porous pontoons
    Patent number: 5653188
    Abstract: Semi-submersible platform comprised particularly of semi-immersed columns and totally immersed elongate elements or pontoons (4) having a substantially horizontal axis, at least some of them having porous walls, the porosity being obtained by a large number of small holes in said walls. The porosity degree, in other words the ratio between the total surface of the holes and the total surface of the walls is preferably at the most equal to 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventor: Bernard Molin