US Patent Issued to MTI GROUP on July 14 for "Inflatable bore hole plug" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,406, issued on July 14, was assigned to MTI GROUP PTY LTD (Wangara, Australia).

"Inflatable bore hole plug" was invented by Nicholas Bodley (Wangara, Australia), James Fitzsimons (Wangara, Australia) and Jamie Smith (Wangara, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable down hole bag for insertion in a bore hole, comprising a sealed inflatable body for holding an inflation fluid; a first substance within the sealed inflatable body; a second substance separated from the first substance within the sealed inflatable body; and a release for allowing the second substance to contact the first substance; wherein release of the sec...