ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,395, issued on June 10, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Material test sub including one or more grooves or pockets for downhole environmental exposure" was invented by Fraser Murray (Singapore), Shanshan Yu (Singapore) and Thanh Nam Vu (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a downhole material test sub assembly, a well system including the same, and a method for using the same. The downhole material test sub assembly, in one aspect, includes a flange for coupling to a mandrel, and one or more retainer assemblies coupled to the flange, the one or more retainer assemblies configured to accept...