ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,858, issued on April 29.

"Plug container, method and apparatus" was invented by Henry E. Rogers (Owasso, Okla.) and Nicolas Rogozinski (Evergreen, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wellbore plug container includes a body with an interior to house a lower plug and an upper plug, the body having an upper plunger assembly and a lower plunger assembly extending from the side of the body; a manifold system having a manifold body forming a first flow path into the interior of the body at a position below the lower plunger assembly, a second flow path into the interior of the body at a position below the upper plunger assembly, and thir...