ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,078, issued on July 21, was assigned to Oilify New-tech Solutions Inc. (Invermere, Canada).

"Downhole anchoring mechanism" was invented by Jeffrey Charles Saponja (Calgary, Canada), Robbie Singh Hari (Calgary, Canada), Shawn Deugo (Calgary, Canada), Stefan Litalien (Calgary, Canada) and Carl Stretch (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an anchoring mechanism configured for coupling to a flow conductor, emplaceable within a wellbore that is lined with casing, wherein the anchoring mechanism is configurable in an anchoring-effective state for effectuating anchoring of the flow conductor to the casing, where...