ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,594, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to KASEUM HOLDINGS Ltd. (Aberdeen Aberdeenshire, Great Britain).

"Apparatus for and method of cutting through or deforming a sidewall of a downhole tubular" was invented by Paul Andrew Church (Aberdeen Aberdeenshire, Great Britain), Stewart Christie (Aberdeen Aberdeenshire, Great Britain), Andrew John Elrick (Peterhead Aberdeenshire, Great Britain), Peter Alan Joiner (Danstone, Great Britain), Iain Morrison Macleod (Kingseat, Great Britain) and Jason Duthie (Aberdeen, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (102) for cutting through or deforming a sidewall of a downhole tubular. ...