US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on March 17 for "System, method, and apparatus for instrumented engagement elements" (British, Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,869, issued on March 17, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"System, method, and apparatus for instrumented engagement elements" was invented by Kjell Haugvaldstad (Vanvikan, Norway), Harry Cook (Cambridge, Great Britain), Edward Richards (Cheltenham, Great Britain), Gokturk Tunc (Cambridge, Great Britain), Jonathan Dunlop (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Jonathan Robert Hird (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument assembly comprises an electronics housing disposed in a body of a downhole tool and an engagement element assembly connected to the electronics housing. The ins...