ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,947, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole wet mate connection system for wellbore tools" was invented by Mohan Gunasekaran (Singapore), Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore) and David Allen Dockweiler (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wet mate connection system can be provided for suppling power to a wellbore tool. For example, the wet mate connection system can be positioned downhole in the wellbore. The wet mate connection system can further be electrically coupled with a valve. The wet mate connection system can include a first wet mate connector and a second wet mate connec...