ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,209, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Polyflow LLC (Midland, Texas).

"Flexible pipe and a method of manufacturing a flexible pipe" was invented by Timothy Lee Cureton (Arvada, Colo.) and Jeffrey Kenneth Shorter (Magnolia, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible pipe and a method of manufacturing a flexible pipe, the flexible pipe comprising a pipe body comprising first and second pipe layers. The pipe body delimits a bore for conveying a fluid, e.g., a fluid relating to oil and gas operations or mining operations, along the length thereof and the first pipe layer is disposed radially inward of the second pipe layer. The fle...