US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Nov. 18 for "Visualization of fish while fishing in a wellbore" (Colombian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,791, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Visualization of fish while fishing in a wellbore" was invented by Philippe Quero (Houston) and Carlos Torres (Neiva, Colombia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for retrieving a fish from a wellbore. A method includes introducing a specialized fishing tool into the wellbore. The specialized fishing tool includes a fishing subassembly comprising a nonreflective interior, a shroud coupled to the fishing subassembly, and a camera disposed at least partially within the shroud and configured to view the interior of the fishing subassemb...