US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on May 5 for "Downhole isolation tool including an isolation sleeve and sacrificial plug member" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,304, issued on May 5, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole isolation tool including an isolation sleeve and sacrificial plug member" was invented by Walker Martin (Carrollton, Texas), Matthew James Kelsey (Spring, Texas) and David Joe Steele (Carrolton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a downhole isolation tool, a well system, and a method. The downhole isolation tool, in one aspect, includes an outer housing, the outer housing having a fluid passageway extending along a length thereof, an outer housing exterior surface, and an outer housing interior surface, as well as one or more fluid...