ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,325, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NCS Multistage Inc. (Calgary, Canada).

"Releasable downhole component for subterranean deployment along a wellbore string" was invented by Michael Werries (Calgary, Canada), Rio Whyte (Calgary, Canada) and Brock Gillis (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole component for integration in wellbore string is provided. The downhole component includes fluid conduits enabling fluid flow therethrough and a sealing element connected to the fluid conduits and operable between a disengaged configuration, where the sealing element is disengaged from an inner surface of the wellbore, and...