US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on June 10 for "Slip system, method and borehole system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,052, issued on June 10, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Slip system, method and borehole system" was invented by James Doane (Friendswood, Texas) and Stephen Zamora (Pearland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timed-release slip system includes a plurality of slips each having a lateral tongue. The system further includes a cone having a track subsystem, the track subsystem configured to retain the plurality of slips during running and setting while allowing longitudinal motion of the slip in parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cone while being retrieved. Finally, the system includes a slip ri...