ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,306, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole tool including a bore sensor" was invented by Lars Petter Larsen (Stavanger, Norway), Borisa Lajesic (Stavanger, Norway), Morten Falnes (Stavanger, Norway) and Vegard Dyrseth (Stavanger, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a downhole tool, a well system, and a method for forming a well system. The downhole tool, in one aspect, includes a latch collet including a collet body, the collet body having a collet body opening extending through a thickness (tcb) thereof and a plurality of collet fingers, as well as a mandrel positioned...