ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,034, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Oilify New-tech Solutions Inc. (Invermere, Canada).

"Rod guide configurations for sucker rod pumps" was invented by Jeffrey Charles Saponja (Invermere, Canada), Robbie Singh Hari (Calgary, Canada) and Justin Bentsen (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor for a sucker rod pump, for deployment downhole within a passage defined by an inner surface of a reservoir fluid conductor that is emplaced within a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, for effecting production of reservoir fluids, comprising. The conveyor includes a rod configuration, and a guide configuration....