US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Dec. 16 for "Lateral access control in downhole window joints" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,837, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Lateral access control in downhole window joints" was invented by Mark Christopher Glaser (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lateral access control in downhole window joint is provided via a window joint. The window joint includes an interior cavity with a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, a first opening defined at the first end, and a lateral opening through a wall of the window joint and into the interior cavity between the first end and the second end. The window joint also includes a deflector where, in a first sta...