ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,451, issued on May 20, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole device employing a radial and axial retention mechanism" was invented by Gordon McLeary (Carrollton, Texas), Nicholas A. Kuo (Carrollton, Texas) and Finn McCarthy (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a downhole device, a well system, and a method. The downhole device, in one aspect, includes a tubular housing, the tubular housing having a length (L) and a sidewall thickness (t) defining an inside diameter (ID) an outside diameter (OD). The downhole device, according to this aspect, further includes a control line bypa...