ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,407, issued on March 24.

"Wireline conveyed casing test plug with a burst disk and pressure test tool assembly" was invented by Daniel Lee Schmidt (Magnolia, Texas), Todd Anthony Stair (Conroe, Texas) and Chris Champeaux (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casing test plug to be set and released by a wireline setting tool within a receptacle of a well. The plug includes a plug body having an exterior surface; a bore extending at least partially into the plug body; and a burst disk secured within the bore. The plug body is to be retained to the wireline setting tool via a wireline setting tool adapter, the adapter to releasably...