ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,792, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Cameron International Corp. (Houston).

"Systems and methods for cementing casing and sealing a hanger in a wellhead housing" was invented by Dennis Nguyen (Houston), Leonard Vogel (Houston), Kyle Sommerfeld (Houston), Andrew Sanders (Houston), Bruce Hogg (Houston), Tin Nguyen (Houston) and Brandon Blake Shirley (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wellhead system includes a wellhead housing and a hanger configured to support a casing within the wellhead housing. The hanger includes one or more passages formed through the hanger. The wellhead system also includes a seal assembly configured ...