US Patent Issued to Expro North Sea on May 12 for "Apparatus and method for contacting an open hole surface" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,636, issued on May 12, was assigned to Expro North Sea Ltd. (Dyce, Great Britain).

"Apparatus and method for contacting an open hole surface" was invented by Samuel Keith Taylor (Eastleigh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for contacting an open hole surface are provided. The apparatus includes an expandable portion surrounded by a contact portion configured to contact an open hole surface. The method includes expanding an expandable portion surrounded by a contact portion to create contact between the contact portion and an open hole surface."

The patent was filed on Oct. 28, 2020, under Applicati...