US Patent Issued to OIL TOOL SOLUTIONS on June 16 for "Sand catcher for downhole pump and method for using same" (American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,739, issued on June 16, was assigned to OIL TOOL SOLUTIONS LLC (Houston).

"Sand catcher for downhole pump and method for using same" was invented by Mark Robinson (Houston), Andrew Jardine Leitch (Olivella, Spain), John Laughlin (Waller, Texas) and Brent Patton (Magnolia, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for protecting a submersible pump. The apparatus can include a cage having at least two longitudinal support arms, at least one window defined between any two of the support arms, and a perforated insert is at least partially disposed within the cage, wherein a first end of the perforated insert has a seat f...