US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on April 22 for "Downhole tool, method and system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,546, issued on April 22, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Downhole tool, method and system" was invented by Herb Dhuet (Richmond, Texas), Daniel J. Turick (Houston), Richard Ochoa (Pasadena, Texas), Jason Fuxa (Houston) and Wilfred Provost (Tomball, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool including a gravel pack assembly, a remotely addressable actuator connected to the gravel pack assembly, and a valve responsive to the actuator, the valve opening and closing a washdown path through the tool. A method for gravel packing a borehole including running a tool to a target depth in the borehole,...