US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Nov. 4 for "Tripping and filtration object, system, and method" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,491, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Tripping and filtration object, system, and method" was invented by Matthew Stone (Humble, Texas) and Colin Patrick Andrew (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tripping and filtration object to manage a borehole operation, including a volume of material that is landable upon a seat in a borehole to create a pressure drop such that a function of the borehole subsystem is obtainable. In a second condition, the volume is passable through the seat. In a third condition the volume becomes a filtration media. A method for managing a borehole ...