ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,397, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Sensor perforator monitoring" was invented by Christopher C. Hoelscher (Alvarado, Texas), Nicholas Cole Ashford (Carrollton, Texas) and Eric Michael Conzemius (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perforating system comprising a first carrier. The perforating system comprises a first charge holding tube configured with one or more shaped charges, wherein the first charge holding tube is positioned within the first carrier. The perforating system comprises one or more sensors positioned within the first carrier and configured to obtain o...