ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,528, issued on July 15, was assigned to BiSN Tec Ltd. (Warrington, Great Britain).
"Expandable eutectic alloy based downhole tool and methods of deploying such" was invented by Paul Carragher (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool and method providing a eutectic alloy based downhole tool comprising a tubular body alloy located on an outer surface thereof, said tool having an outer diameter with a clearance from the inner diameter of the well. The downhole tool is delivered to a target region within an oil/gas well where the tool is to be deployed. Once the tool is in position within the well a tubular expanding tool is run th...