ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,361, issued on Aug. 12.

"Downhole power and communications system(s) and method(s) of using same" was invented by Bosko Gajic (Kingwood, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, method(s), and system(s) according to which electric power is generated in one or more coils by rotating a magnetic field generated by one or more permanent magnets. The one or more coils are connected to a collar. The collar is positioned downhole in an oil and gas wellbore. The one or more permanent magnets are connected to a rotor positioned within an internal passageway of the collar. A fluid is communicated along the internal passageway of the col...