US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on May 19 for "Downhole seals having temperature resistance" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,079, issued on May 19, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole seals having temperature resistance" was invented by Somen Kumar Bhudolia (Singapore), Sandeep Thatathil (Singapore), Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore) and Arpana Singh (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variety of methods and apparatus are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a downhole tool for use in a borehole, comprising: a mandrel; and a sealing element disposed about the mandrel, wherein the sealing element comprises an aromatic copolyester thermoset (ACT)."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/22...