US Patent Issued to The WellBoss on July 14 for "Downhole tool and method of use" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,416, issued on July 14, was assigned to The WellBoss Co. LLC (Houston).

"Downhole tool and method of use" was invented by Ryan Patrick Malone (Houston) and Carl Martin (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool suitable for use in a wellbore, the tool having a mandrel with an inner flowbore extending therethrough from a proximate end to a distal end. There is a ball seat in the inner flowbore, and a groove disposed in the inner flowbore in association with the ball seat. A compressible member is disposed in the groove."

The patent was filed on July 17, 2024, under Application No. 18/776,157.

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