US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on May 20 for "Sealing/anchoring tool employing an expandable metal circlet" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,459, issued on May 20, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Sealing/anchoring tool employing an expandable metal circlet" was invented by Brandon T. Least (Carrollton, Texas), Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, Texas), Chris M. Pelto (Carrollton, Texas) and Rutger Evers (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a sealing/anchoring element, a sealing/anchoring tool, a well system, and a method for sealing/anchoring within a wellbore. The sealing/anchoring element, in one aspect, includes a circlet having an inside surface having an inside diameter (di), an outside surface having an outside diameter ...