ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,868, issued on Dec. 16.

"Apparatus and method for stimulating a well" was invented by Grant George (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for perforating a wellbore casing comprises an elongate body having a plurality of segments, each of the plurality of segments having at least one perforating shot and a control section having a casing collar locator and a controller configured to count the number of casing collars located by the casing collar locator and also configured to cause each of the plurality of perforating shots to discharge at a desired location in the wellbore casing."

The patent was filed on Marc...