ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,085, issued on July 29, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Automated land truck pressure test" was invented by Derek R. Williams (Duncan, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining a health status of the various components of the pumping equipment on a pump unit may include an automatic diagnostic process with one or more diagnostic tests executing on a unit controller. One or more of the diagnostic tests can establish a flow path through the piping network comprising a supply pump and a sensor valve. The diagnostic test can include positioning the sensor valve in a first and second positio...