Patents by Inventor Theodore Wade Caffarel

Theodore Wade Caffarel 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).

  • Subsea salvage operation using lifting magnet
    Patent number: 8141509
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a subsea salvage operation using a lifting magnet. In one embodiment, a method of salvaging a submerged production platform includes deploying a salvage vessel to a wreckage site of the submerged production platform; lowering a lifting magnet from the salvage vessel to the submerged production platform; and activating the lifting magnet, thereby capturing at least a portion of the submerged production platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Wild Well Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Corey Eugene Hoffman, Theodore Wade Caffarel
  • SUBSEA SALVAGE OPERATION USING LIFTING MAGNET
    Publication number: 20100122650
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a subsea salvage operation using a lifting magnet. In one embodiment, a method of salvaging a submerged production platform includes deploying a salvage vessel to a wreckage site of the submerged production platform; lowering a lifting magnet from the salvage vessel to the submerged production platform; and activating the lifting magnet, thereby capturing at least a portion of the submerged production platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Corey Eugene Hoffman, Theodore Wade Caffarel