ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,478, issued on May 5, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Flow control valve with erosion protection" was invented by Brad Swenson (Friendswood, Texas), David Clayton (Angleton, Texas), David Gomez Ramirez (Rosharon, Texas), Oguzhan Guven (Bellaire, Texas), Cash Elston (Taubate, Brazil), Ivan Caliu Candiani (Taubate, Brazil) and Bernardo Machado (Taubate, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure herein generally relates to flow Flow control valves for preventing, inhibiting, reducing the likelihood or extent of, and/or protect against erosion or components are provided. The flow control valve...