ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,689, issued on June 24, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole wet-mate systems and methods using wet-mate deployment carrier" was invented by Tyson H. Eiman (Frisco, Texas) and Jason P. Witte (McKinney, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A completion system for use in a wellbore includes an upper completion assembly including a stinger sub and a first portion wet-mate connector. The system also includes a lower completion assembly including a shift sleeve, a wet-mate deployment carrier, and a second portion wet-mate connector connectable with the first portion wet-mate connector. Axial movement of th...