ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,588, issued on July 1, was assigned to DASH DRILLING PRODUCTS LLC (Bryan, Texas).

"Dynamometer system for testing performance of drilling tools" was invented by Keith Bullin (Bryan, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a test system including a dynamometer to test downhole drilling tools. The system includes a torque load application tool, a thrust load application tool, and a side or radial load application tool to test downhole drilling tool."

The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2022, under Application No. 17/967,882.

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