ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,035, issued on June 30, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Multilateral mainbore completion employing an expandable metal anchor" was invented by Brian Williams Cho (Spring, Texas) and Jamie Revelle Weber (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a multilateral mainbore completion, a well system, and a method. The multilateral mainbore completion, in one aspect, includes a tubular having a first end and a second end, and first and second packers located on a radial exterior surface of the tubular, the first and second packers configured to move from a radially retracted state to a radiall...