METHODS FOR SINTERING BODIES OF EARTH BORING TOOLS AND STRUCTURES FORMED DURING THE SAME - Patent 2313596

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EP 2 313 596 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.02.2010

(43)	Date of publication:
	27.04.2011 Bulletin 2011/17

(21)	Application number: 09763487.7

(22)	Date of filing: 10.06.2009

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

E21B 10/46^(2006.01)
B22F 3/14^(2006.01)

E21B 10/54^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2009/046814

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2009/152197 (17.12.2009 Gazette 2009/51)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA RS

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Priority:

13.06.2008 US 139138

(71)	Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
	Houston, TX 77027 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	LYONS, Nicholas, J. The Woodlands TX 77380 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hano, Christian et al
	v. Füner Ebbinghaus Finck Hano Patentanwälte Mariahilfplatz 3 81541 München 81541 München (DE)

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