ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,495, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Rotatable sleeve for downhole tool" was invented by Esiquiel Marquez (Carrollton, Texas) and Brian Williams Cho (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can be used to perform one or more tasks in a wellbore. The system can include a downhole tool and a rotatable sleeve. The downhole tool can be positioned in a wellbore for performing one or more tasks associated with a wellbore operation. The rotatable sleeve can be positioned in the downhole tool. The rotatable sleeve can be rotated within the downhole tool into a first configuration an...