ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,425, issued on July 14, was assigned to GR Energy Services Management LP (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Downhole perforating tool with propellant charge and method of using same" was invented by James William Anthony (Missouri City, Texas), Cameron Michael Bryant (Sugar Land, Texas) and Vadim Akhmadikin (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charge assembly includes a charge tube, shaped charges, and propellant charges. The charge tube is positionable in a downhole perforating tool. The shaped charges and the propellant charges are receivably supported in the charge tube. Each of the shaped charges includes a charge jacket and a ...