ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,390, issued on March 24.

"Anti-rotation device for a rod rotator of a reciprocating rod pumping system" was invented by Devon Dolynchuk (Edmonton, Canada), Doug Dupont (Edmonton, Canada), Reza Eghtesad (Jenks, Okla.) and Daniel Provencal (Sherwood Park, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed that provide a dual-arm anti-rotation device for a rod rotator of a bridle assembly, operably coupled to a reciprocating pumping system. The anti-rotation device includes an arcuate main body portion having, a first laterally extending arm extending from the arcuate main body portion, and a second laterally exten...