ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,550, issued on July 15, was assigned to Daniel J. Snyder (Edmond, Okla.).

"Desander assembly for plunger lift system" was invented by Daniel J. Snyder (Edmond, Okla.) and Jeremy J. Snyder (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A desander assembly retrievably positionable in a tubing string including a fishing neck, a bypass tool, a stop assembly configured to retrievably mate with a portion of the tubing string, an outer tubular member, and an inner tubular member. The outer tubular member has at least one aperture extending. The inner tubular member is positioned in the outer tubular member to form an annulus and so a bor...