ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,402, issued on July 14, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Composite hollow profiles for downhole" was invented by Somen Kumar Bhudolia (Singapore), Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore), Sandeep Thatathil (Singapore) and Arpana Singh (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses including a hollow profile for downhole in a borehole, the hollow profile including a composite of an aromatic copolyester thermoset (ACT) and a reinforcement material, wherein the reinforcement material includes fibers or particles, or both."

The patent was filed on Sept. 29, 2023, under Application No. 18/478,720....