US Patent Issued to WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS on Aug. 4 for "Bridge plug with bi-directional high strength high expansion retrievable anchor" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,688, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC (Houston).

"Bridge plug with bi-directional high strength high expansion retrievable anchor" was invented by Michael W. Mitchell (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor can include an inner mandrel, a slip configured to grip a well surface, and a link arm with pivots at respective opposite ends and the link arm being configured to rotate relative to the slip about a pivot, and the other pivot being configured to displace radially outward relative to the inner mandrel when the anchor is set in the well. A method can include deploying an anchor into a w...