US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Feb. 17 for "Adjustable whipstock isolation mechanism" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,309, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Adjustable whipstock isolation mechanism" was invented by Aihua Liang (Carrollton, Texas) and Christian Alexander Ramirez (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an anchoring/sealing subassembly, a well system, and a method. The anchoring/sealing subassembly, in one aspect, includes an isolation element mandrel, and an isolation element positioned about the isolation element mandrel. The anchoring/sealing subassembly, in one aspect, further includes a shear mandrel coupled to the isolation element mandrel, and a ratch latch body...