ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,212, issued on Sept. 16.
"Milling tool" was invented by Paul Atkins (Phuket, Thailand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A milling tool for cutting an outer casing string of a wellbore, the milling tool comprising a tool body, an extendable cutting member located in the tool body configured to cut the outer casing string, and an extendable reaming block located in the tool body configured to clean a window formed in an inner casing string of the wellbore, wherein the reaming block is configured to extend from the tool body independently from the cutting member, and wherein the cutting member and the reaming block are configured to exten...