US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Sept. 9 for "Expandable element configuration, method and system" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,781, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Expandable element configuration, method and system" was invented by Matthew Stone (Humble, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shape memory material element configuration. The element includes a shape memory material element, and a capillary line extending to the element, and positioned to apply an activation fluid to the element."

The patent was filed on July 23, 2021, under Application No. 17/384,088.

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