ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,080, issued on June 10, was assigned to GEONOMIC TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Calgary, Canada).

"Method and apparatus for measuring a wellbore" was invented by Christopher S. Thompson (Calgary, Canada), David A. Switzer (Conroe, Texas), Rodney M. Wingerter (Conroe, Texas) and Jawad A. Alsadah (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a wellbore measuring apparatus according to one aspect. The wellbore measuring apparatus includes an outer body that is tubular with spaced-apart ends threaded for connection in line with a drill string. The outer body has a plurality of recesses extending around the outer surface thereof in on...