ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,094, issued on April 21, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"System and method for managing tools" was invented by Keith Nelson (Sugar Land, Texas) and Nicholas Betancourt (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and computer readable storage mediums for managing testing of a well to facilitate completion of the well is disclosed. The system may include a tool usable to perform testing on the well. The tool may include a circulation assembly, a primary control assembly, and a secondary control assembly. The circulation assembly may be reconfigurable by selectively isolating an annulus...