ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,517, issued on March 31, was assigned to TRC SERVICES INC. (The Woodlands, Texas).

"System and method for installing tool for use with artificial lift mandrel" was invented by Dustin Wayne Lott (Katy, Texas) and Gustavo Pertuz (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system used with a gas lift valve on a tubing string in a borehole includes a mandrel assembly and a tool assembly. The mandrel assembly holds the gas lift valve disposed in communication between a through-bore and a borehole port. The mandrel assembly couples to the tubing string and defines a lock profile, an uphole seal bore profile, and a downhole seal bore pro...