ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,909, issued on June 23, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Collapsable collet exit whipstock" was invented by Mohan Gunasekaran (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia) and Mark Glaser (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Collapsable exit whipstocks and methods of using the same. An example collapsible exit whipstock has a lateral isolation sleeve having a body comprising a first terminal end and a second terminal end. The body engages with an interior surface of a completion system and has a throughbore running having a diameter. The collapsable exit whipstock has a whipstock with a coupling end that is coupled t...