ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,534, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"ESP with improved deployment for live intervention" was invented by Randal Perisho (Tulsa, Okla.), Shawn Gunter (Tulsa, Okla.), Risa Rutter (Oklahoma City) and Sean Cain (Tulsa, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pumping system is designed for deployment and retrieval through the production tubing in a live well intervention. The pumping system includes a pump driven by a motor, which may be an integrated motor or a separated motor in which the stator and rotor are separated by the production tubing. The pumping system can be provided power thr...