US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on April 21 for "Systems and methods for controlled packer inflation" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,088, issued on April 21, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Systems and methods for controlled packer inflation" was invented by Adam Ethan Keilers (Richmond, Texas), Mark Hofacker (Sugar Land, Texas) and Mark Callister Oettli (Richmond, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool may pump an inflation fluid with a mud pump located in a downhole environment. A downhole tool may direct the inflation fluid into an inflatable packer local to the mud pump in the downhole environment. A downhole tool may inflate the inflatable packer in the downhole environment."

The patent was filed on May 16, ...