US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Sept. 30 for "Clean up and actuation tool, method, and system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,933, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Clean up and actuation tool, method, and system" was invented by James Smith (Manvel, Texas), Wilfred Provost (Tomball, Texas) and Benjamin Farrar (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A well cleanup and actuation tool including a cleanup portion of the tool configured to direct flowing fluid into an annular space radially outwardly of the tool and in a downhole direction, while accepting return fluid and entrained debris through a pathway therein, an actuation configuration connected to the cleanup portion, the actuation configuration...