ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,586, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC (Houston).
"Anchor system and method" was invented by Daniel Ewing (Katy, Texas), Jason Harper (Cypress, Texas) and Guijun Deng (The Woodlands, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor system including a slip, and a cone supportive of the slip in a set position, the cone being configured to reduce structural integrity thereof upon receipt of a signal. A method for operating an anchor including sending a signal to an anchor, and reducing the structural integrity of the cone. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the...