US Patent Issued to Wellbore Integrity Solutions on June 30 for "Wellbore cleaning tools" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,028, issued on June 30, was assigned to Wellbore Integrity Solutions LLC (Houston).

"Wellbore cleaning tools" was invented by Graham Stronach (Spring, Texas), Shantanu N. Swadi (Cypress, Texas), David Johnson (Houston), David Moyer (Houston), Mitul Patel (Houston) and Delaney Olstad (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole magnetic tool for use in a wellbore includes a mandrel and a magnet assembly coupled to the mandrel. The magnet assembly includes a magnet retainer having a chamber and a magnet disposed in the chamber. A bracket is used to retain the magnet in the chamber. The magnet assembly also includes one or more ap...