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Schlumberger argued that the invention was not the computer program, but rather the process of "transforming measurements into useful information." Schlumberger argued that the definition of "invention" in the Patent Act did not exclude inventions involving computers and so there was no reason the process was not a patentable invention. [6]
CGG is listed on Euronext Paris, and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange until October 1, 2018. [5] [6] In December 2023, the company was authorized to conduct seismic blasting between Plettenberg Bay and Gqeberha in South Africa. The decision sparked protests by environmentalist groups who accused the company of involvement in ecocide. [7]
A February 21, 2010 announcement said Schlumberger would acquire the company in an all-stock deal valued at $11.3 billion. The sale price of 45.84 per share was 37.5 percent higher than Smith's closing price on February 18, 2010. The deal was the biggest acquisition in Schlumberger history until their acquisition of Cameron International. [4] [5]
The building at 844 East Charleston Road, Palo Alto, California, where the first commercially practical integrated circuit was invented. In 1955, William Shockley founded Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, funded by Beckman Instruments in Mountain View, California; [6] his plan was to develop a new type of "4-layer diode" that would work faster and have more uses than then-current transistors.
Anne Gruner Schlumberger (1905–1993) was a French heiress, philanthropist and patron of arts and science. Her father was Conrad Schlumberger , one of the founders of the oil exploration company Schlumberger and her mother was Louise Schlumberger (née Delpech).
William Schlumberger (March 25, 1799 – February 20, 1838) was an Alsatian chess master. He is known to have taught Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant to play chess and as the operator of The Turk , a chess-playing machine which was purported to be an automaton .
The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30 companies that compose the Dow Jones Industrial Average). The index includes about 80 percent of the American market by capitalization.
Weatherford International nodding donkey pump in Bahrain. Weatherford International was established in 1987. The company's [3] roots date back to 1941 when Jesse E. Hall Sr. [4] founded the Weatherford Spring Company in Weatherford, Texas.