ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,872, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CHAMPIONX LLC (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Single pilot fluid line actuation gas lift valve and related systems and methods" was invented by Ramamurthy Narasimhan (Frederick, Colo.), Andrew Poerschke (Frederick, Colo.), Dustin Sandidge (Frederick, Colo.), Stephen Burrows (Frederick, Colo.) and Paul Roberts (Frederick, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gas lift valves, assemblies, systems, and methods include valves having a valve element for selectively placing a fluid inlet in communication with a fluid outlet, a biasing feature to bias the valve element in one of the open position or the closed p...