US Patent Issued to Oilfield Service Professionals on Aug. 25 for "Retrievable packer and bridge plug apparatus and method for using same" (Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,319, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Oilfield Service Professionals Inc. (Houston).

"Retrievable packer and bridge plug apparatus and method for using same" was invented by Blake L. Arabie (Rayne, La.) and Scotty Verret (Carencro, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular packer/bridge plug apparatus combines functionality of retrievable packer and retrievable bridge plug, fully deployable as a single modular assembly, yet has features that are capable of being independently and selectively operated. A bridge plug feature can be selectively "locked out" when desired, while a retrievable packer feature can operate independently ...