DRILL ROD GUARD AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME - Patent 2971451

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EP 2 971 451 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	20.01.2016 Bulletin 2016/03

(21)	Application number: 14764600.4

(22)	Date of filing: 14.03.2014

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

E21B 19/08^(2006.01)

E21B 17/10^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2014/028382

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2014/144108 (18.09.2014 Gazette 2014/38)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL 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 RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME

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Priority:

15.03.2013 US 201361792740 P

(71)	Applicant: Longyear TM, Inc.
	South Jordan, UT 84095 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	MIGNAULT, Rene Haileybury, ON P0J 1K0 (CA)

(74)	Representative: Walker, Stephen et al
	Lincoln IP 9 Victoria Street Aberdeen Aberdeenshire AB10 1XB Aberdeen Aberdeenshire AB10 1XB (GB)

(54)	DRILL ROD GUARD AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME