US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Nov. 4 for "Sealing assembly employing a deployable control band" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,504, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Sealing assembly employing a deployable control band" was invented by Shobeir Pirayeh Gar (Carrollton, Texas), Xiaoguang Allan Zhong (Singapore) and Jalpan Piyush Dave (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing assembly, a well system, and a method are disclosed. The sealing assembly, in one aspect, includes a mandrel and a sealing element positioned about the mandrel, the sealing element having a radial inner and outer surface. The sealing assembly, according to this aspect, further includes a deployable control band positioned radially outsi...