Appeal No. 2006-1500
Application No. 10/701,325
of the argued groups, i.e., claims 1, 2 and 8. See 37 CFR
§ 41.37(c)(1)(vii)(2004).
Claim 1
Tubel discloses downhole control systems that can
communicate with downhole control systems in other zones in the
same or different wells (col. 5, lines 16-19). The control
systems have multiple downhole electronically controlled
electromechanical devices and multiple computer based surface
systems operated from multiple locations (col. 6, lines 9-13).
Information obtained by transmitters and receivers is forwarded
to a downhole module and transmitted to the surface by hardwired
or wireless communication techniques, such as transmission using
an inductive coupler and a tubular encased conductor (col. 18,
lines 42-49).
More discloses that inductively coupling a first downhole
coil and an adjacent second downhole coil “desirably eliminates
the need to mechanically connect the elements on which the coils
are mounted, and thus greatly simplifies the handling of downhole
equipment in preparation for (and during) drilling, logging, and
producing operations” (col. 1, lines 23-28).
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