ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,733, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Systems and methods for surface supervision of a downhole tool" was invented by Henri-Pierre Valero (Paris), Catrina De Matos (Abbeville, France), Pierre-Yves Corre (Abbeville, France), Ashers Partouche (Sugar Land, Texas) and Magdy Samir Osman (Bucharest, Romania).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may expand a first packer against a borehole wall. A device may expand a second packer against the borehole wall. A device may expand a third packer against the borehole wall. A device may expand a fourth packer against the borehole wall. A devic...