US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on July 28 for "Wellbore seal" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,784, issued on July 28, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Wellbore seal" was invented by Christophe Rayssiguier (Melun, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wellbore seal includes a eutectic plug and a gauge assembly. The eutectic plug is configured to sealably engage a casing or a formation. The gauge assembly is connected to a lower side of the eutectic plug. The gauge assembly includes a pressure gauge configured to measure a pressure of a fluid, and an acoustic transceiver in communication with the pressure gauge and configured to transmit an acoustic signal based on the pressure through the e...