US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on April 14 for "Bulk metallic glass reinforced elastomer for downhole applications" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,238, issued on April 14, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Bulk metallic glass reinforced elastomer for downhole applications" was invented by Shashwat Shukla (Singapore), Somen Kumar Bhudolia (Singapore), Sandeep Thatathil (Singapore) and Arpana Singh (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to an apparatus that includes a downhole tool, that includes one or more sealing elements that includes a bulk metallic glass (BMG) elastomer composite material."

The patent was filed on Nov. 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/520,851.

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