ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,305, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Long string workover operations completions tool with an annular release mechanism" was invented by Salahaldeen Saleh Almasmoom (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Majed Nasser Alrawdhan (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A completion string includes a first casing string including a bell end, a second casing string received within the bell end, and an anchor latch mechanism having a first latch portion and a second latch portion. The insertion of the second casing string into the bell end engages the second latch portion with the f...