ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,718, issued on June 16, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Safety valve with electrical actuator" was invented by Helvecio Carlos Klinke Da Silveira (Taubate, Brazil), Cassius Alexander Elston (Shreveport, La.), Felipe Bauli Graziano (Taubate, Brazil), Vinicius Romano (Taubate, Brazil), Carlos Alexandre Vieira (Taubate, Brazil), Lucas Antonio Perrucci (Taubate, Brazil) and Eduardo Scussiato (Taubate, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole valve assembly includes a safety valve and an actuator that opens and/or closes the valve. The actuator can be an electro-hydraulic actuator (EHA), an elec...