ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,766, issued on July 28, was assigned to UNIVERSAL COMPLETIONS LLC (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

"Multi-cycle circulation valve activated by balls" was invented by Martin Mauro Nebiolo (Neuquen, Argentina), Christian Cerne (Spring, Texas), Gustavo Dietrich (Neuquen, Argentina) and Cristian Brendstrup (Neuquen, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multi-cycle circulation valve activated by balls is provided including a unified tubular tool that integrates an upper sub, an upper housing, a mobile mandrel assembly, a ball activation system, a lower sub, a lower mandrel with machined J-slots consisting of two helical channels of differen...