ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,041, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Magnetized wireline pulling tool" was invented by Abdullah Almalki (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) and Saeed Alghamdi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a body having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end of the body is configured to be lowered onto the fishneck of the fish, slips having a retrieval tool interface and located on the lower end of the body, and a magnet disposed on an external circumferential surface of the slips. The magnet is configured to remove the debris from the fishneck as the...