ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. RE50,763, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Autentik AS (Stavanger, Norway).

"Fishing tool with electric release" was invented by Geir Magne Mo Johnsen (Stavanger, Norway), Alexander Ibragimov (Sola, Norway), Stian Krag (Randaberg, Norway) and Polina Ibragimova (Sola, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing tool (1) configured to retrieve a fish (100) from a wellbore, having a fish engagement arrangement (3) with fish engagement means (5) configured to lock the fishing tool to the fish inside a well. The fishing tool (1) has an electrically actuated fish disengagement arrangement (4), which is configured to unlock the fishing tool ...