ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,853, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC (Houston).

"Wet connect, method, and system" was invented by Yuh Loh (Cypress, Texas), David Bishop (Cypress, Texas) and Marc Samuelson (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wet connect, including a first component having a first signal conductor, a first connector operably connected to the first signal conductor, a second component having a second signal conductor, and a mating connector operably connected to the second signal conductor. A method for wet connecting components including running a second component into connection with a first component wi...