ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,489, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Replaceable flapper seat assembly for a safety valve in a wellbore" was invented by Mohan Gunasekaran (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flapper seat assembly can be replaceable with respect to a safety valve positioned downhole in a wellbore. For example, the safety valve can be positioned downhole in a wellbore and can include a housing. Additionally, the safety valve can include a flow tube that can be coupled to a downhole tool. The flow tube can be removed from the safety valve in response to a first force applied to the flow tube. A port...