ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,999, issued on June 23, was assigned to Oilify New-tech Solutions Inc. (Invermere, Canada).
"Downhole sucker rod pump" was invented by Jeffrey Charles Saponja (Invermere, Canada), Robbie Singh Hari (Invermere, Canada), Douglas Pipchuk (Invermere, Canada) and Sean James Peter David (Invermere, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole sucker rod pump comprising: a plunger, a housing including an inner surface, a housing passage defined by the inner surface, and a recess defined within the inner surface of the housing. The plunger and the housing are co-operatively configured such that the plunger is operable for reciprocating m...