ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,931, issued on June 23, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Portable system for monitoring and controlling surface equipment" was invented by Daniel Joshua Stark (Carrollton, Texas), Adan H. Herrera (Carrollton, Texas), Adam Harold Martin (Carrollton, Texas), Alexander Simon Chretien (Houston) and Dale E. Jamison (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring and control system for surface equipment used in industrial services is disclosed. The monitoring and control system may include one or more sensors configured to collect sensor data from the surface equipment, and one or more control devices confi...