Patents by Inventor Phillip Tarr

Phillip Tarr 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).

  • Mounting a module on an underwater structure
    Patent number: 8720576
    Abstract: A method of mounting a subsea control module (1) on a mounting plate (10) of an underwater tree of a subsea hydrocarbon well comprises lowering the module to the plate and attaching the module to the plate with an adapter (6) between it and the plate and with portions of the module being coupled with portions of the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Controls Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Marlow, Phillip Tarr, Steven Lewis Charles Simpson, Harry Richard Cove
  • Mounting a Module on an Underwater Structure
    Publication number: 20100170678
    Abstract: A method of mounting a subsea control module (1) on a mounting plate (10) of an underwater tree of a subsea hydrocarbon well comprises lowering the module to the plate and attaching the module to the plate with an adapter (6) between it and the plate and with portions of the module being coupled with portions of the mounting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Vetco Gray Controls Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Marlow, Phillip Tarr, Steven Lewis Charles Simpson, Harry Richard Cove
  • Underwater installation apparatus
    Patent number: 7241077
    Abstract: A running tool for deployment from a base such as a vessel for installing a component at an underwater facility such as a hydrocarbon extraction well includes a carriage which is lowered from the base. The carriage releasably retains the component. A compensator is located between the carriage and the base for compensating for relative motion between the underwater facility and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Controls Limited
    Inventors: David Webster, Phillip Tarr
  • Underwater installation apparatus
    Publication number: 20050167117
    Abstract: A running tool for deployment from a base such as a vessel for installing a component at an underwater facility such as a hydrocarbon extraction well includes a carriage which is lowered from the base. The carriage releasably retains the component. A compensator is located between the carriage and the base for compensating for relative motion between the underwater facility and the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: David Webster, Phillip Tarr
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7 epithelial adhesin
    Publication number: 20050074459
    Abstract: Polypeptides encoded by a continuous segment of chromosomal DNA from E. coli O157:H7, isolated on plasmid pSC(overlap)(ATCC No. 69648), that encodes an adhesin (SEQ ID NO:5) that mediates bacterial colonization of bovine intestines, vaccines derived therefrom, and antibodies directed against the adhesin are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Phillip Tarr, Sima Bilge, Thomas Besser, James Vary