ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,935, issued on May 6, was assigned to Expro North Sea Ltd. (Stirling, Great Britain).

"Apparatus for fitting to a wellbore, downhole tool, lubricator for fitting to a wellhead and method of transferring power" was invented by Gordon Cunningham (Stirling, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for fitting to a wellbore is provided. The apparatus includes a battery-powered downhole tool for deployment within the wellbore. The downhole tool includes a battery for providing electrical power to one or more components of the downhole tool. The apparatus further includes a lubricator for fitting to a wellhead of the wellb...