ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,308, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Sealing assembly employing a deployable spacer" was invented by Shobeir Pirayeh Gar (Carrollton, Texas), Xiaoguang Allan Zhong (Singapore) and Jalpan Piyush Dave (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing assembly, a well system, and a method. The sealing assembly, in one aspect, includes a mandrel, and a sealing element positioned about the mandrel. The sealing element, in this aspect, includes a first sealing element portion and a second sealing element portion, and a deployable spacer positioned between the first sealing element portion a...