US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on July 1 for "Downhole debris removal apparatus" (Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,128, issued on July 1, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole debris removal apparatus" was invented by Peter Reid Maher (Lafayette, La.) and Todd J. Roy (Lafayette, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wellbore debris removal apparatus comprises a crossover sub having a first sub end and a second sub end, wherein the crossover sub includes at least one slotted mechanism and includes a fluid passageway extending from the first sub end to the second sub end. The wellbore debris removal apparatus comprises a debris removal tube having at least one lug and a tube end to be placed in the crossover sub such t...