US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on July 1 for "Individual separate chunks of expandable metal" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,117, issued on July 1, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Individual separate chunks of expandable metal" was invented by Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, Texas), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, Texas) and Brandon T. Least (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a downhole tool, a method for sealing within a well system, and a well system. The downhole tool, in at least one aspect, includes a tubular, and a collection of individual separate chunks of expandable metal positioned about the tubular, the collection of individual separate chunks of expandable metal comprising a metal conf...