ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,346, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ARDYNE HOLDINGS Ltd. (Aberdeen, Great Britain).

"Method and apparatus for cutting and pulling cut section of tubing in an open hole section of a wellbore" was invented by Alan Fairweather (Aberdeen, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus to move an object in an open hole section of a wellbore. A bottom hole assembly including a downhole pulling tool and fishing device is described. The downhole pulling tool includes an open hole anchor to allow location of the downhole pulling tool in the open hole section of the wellbore so as to reduce the operating distance betwe...