ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,625, issued on May 12, was assigned to Modicum LLC (Gardendale, Texas).
"Down hole desander" was invented by Gary V. Marshall (Gardendale, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole solids separator having: a plurality of solids separation modules, a production tube disposed therein, one or more limited entry ports in the production tube, placed in each of the modules, an intake port in the lower half of each module opening into a wellbore annulus, the intake port below the limited entry port of the module, a closed chamber for collecting solids, isolated from the well bore, the closed chamber below modules, a solids conveying co...