ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,217, issued on April 21, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Superconducting cables for electrical submersible pump motors" was invented by Hassan Mansir (Frimley, Great Britain) and Robert Charles De Long (Tulsa, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable structure for use in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation. The cable structure comprises superconducting material configured to provide power to a downhole tool in the wellbore. The cable structure comprises a cryogenic liquid supply channel configured to supply fluid to reduce temperature of the superconducting material. The cable structure compr...