ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,639, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Weatherford Technology Holdings LLC (Houston).

"Method of completing well with two-stage in-well wet-mate connection" was invented by Sebastiaan J. Wolters (Kingwood, Texas) and John J Grunbeck (Northford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wet-mate connection is used in a well and comprises first and second connection assemblies and an actuator. The first connection assembly includes at least one first connector for at least one first control line. The second connection assembly is configured to connect with the first connection assembly and includes at least one second connector for at le...