US Patent Issued to WELDFIT on Sept. 1 for "Devices for performing maintenance in a pipeline and methods for driving the devices toward a launch port" (Oklahoma, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,698, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to WELDFIT LLC (Houston).

"Devices for performing maintenance in a pipeline and methods for driving the devices toward a launch port" was invented by Rick D. Pruett (Sapulpa, Okla.), David W. Albertson (Skiatook, Okla.) and Gregory Joseph Drzewiecki (Woodstock, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices or pigs for performing maintenance on a pipeline are disclosed herein as well as methods of driving the devices into a launch port of a device launcher. Benefits of the devices can include being able to load several devices into a device launcher and preventing or reducing instances of multiple de...