ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,665, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Aromatic copolyester thermoset downhole tools" was invented by Somen Kumar Bhudolia (Singapore), Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore), Sandeep Thatathil (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, wherein the downhole tool comprises a composite of an aromatic copolyester thermoset (ACT) and a reinforcement material, wherein the ACT has a glass transition temperature of at least 150deg C., wherein the ACT is confi...