Patents by Inventor Brandon Grant France

Brandon Grant France 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).

  • Pipeline intervention
    Patent number: 8091573
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for accessing a sub sea pipeline. The apparatus comprises a entry guide (2) having a channel extending there-through for guiding a pipeline intervention device and means for attaching the entry guide to the external wall of a section of pipeline so that the longitudinal axis (b) through the centre of the channel of the entry guide forms an angle of between about 1° and 10° with the longitudinal axis (a) through the centre of the pipeline section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Grant France, Rodney Keith Stephens
  • Pipeline intervention
    Publication number: 20090260695
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for accessing a sub sea pipeline. The apparatus comprises a entry guide (2) having a channel extending there-through for guiding a pipeline intervention device and means for attaching the entry guide to the external wall of a section of pipeline so that the longitudinal axis (b) through the centre of the channel of the entry guide forms an angle of between about 1° and 10° with the longitudinal axis (a) through the centre of the pipeline section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Grant France, Rodney Keith Stephens