ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,542, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TENARIS COILED TUBES LLC (Houston).

"Method and system of manufacturing coiled tubing" was invented by Martin Emiliano Valdez (Campana, Argentina), Diego Javier Monterosso (Houston) and Jorge M. Mitre (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a feeder configured to feed a continuous length of a tube at a predefined rate, a speed sensor configured to determine a feed rate of the continuous length of the tube, a first geometry sensor configured to determine one or more geometric dimensions of a portion of the continuous length of the tube, a first treatment station comprising a firs...