US Patent Issued to Downing Wellhead Equipment on June 17 for "Apparatus including slip cartridge and associated methods for tubular string" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,606, issued on June 17, was assigned to Downing Wellhead Equipment LLC (Oklahoma City).

"Apparatus including slip cartridge and associated methods for tubular string" was invented by Tyler Blankemeyer (Oklahoma City), Matthew Melton (Norman, Okla.), Arturo Trejo (Houston) and Tim Marvel (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods according to which a slip cartridge is secured to a first segment of a tubular string, the slip cartridge is landed in a wellhead by conveying the tubular string to which the slip cartridge is secured through the wellhead and into a wellbore, the slip cartridge is left behind landed in the ...