ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,023, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to D-TECH (UK) LTD (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Push the bit rotary steerable system" was invented by Richard Hutton (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, device, and system is described herein for pushing a rotary drill bit. Pushing the rotary drill bit can include receiving a target direction in a formation to push the rotary drill bit while drilling a wellbore in a formation. Pushing the rotary drill bit can also include opening, at a first rotational position of a rotary bit pushing device disposed proximate to the rotary drill bit within the wellbore, a first inlet po...