US Patent Issued to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS on March 18 for "Determination of order and/or direction of downhole components" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,980, issued on March 18, was assigned to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC (Houston).

"Determination of order and/or direction of downhole components" was invented by Nils Helle (Niedersachsen, Germany), Tobias Dressler (Niedersachsen, Germany), Michael Szczepanski (Niedersachsen, Germany) and Markus Hempel (Niedersachsen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining an order of electronic components in a downhole string includes a plurality of electronic components connected in series by a conductor and forming a series of electronic components, the plurality of electronic components including a master electro...