ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,085, issued on May 19, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. and The University of Texas System Board of Regents (Texas).

"Magnetically graded adaptor for a wellbore sealing system" was invented by Chad W. Glaesman (Singapore), Joshua Taylor Green (El Paso, Texas) and Sandeep Thatathil (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptor can be used with respect to a wellbore sealing system. The adaptor can include a first adaptor component that includes a magnet. The first adaptor component can be coupled with the wellbore sealing system. The adaptor can include a second adaptor component that includes a filler material th...