US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Oct. 14 for "Downhole debris collection device with an axial hydro-clone design" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,277, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole debris collection device with an axial hydro-clone design" was invented by Pramod Chamarthy (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A debris collection tool that includes a swirl generator that includes a first opening disposed on an exterior of the debris collection tool, and a second opening disposed inside the debris collection tool, where the first opening and the second opening are disposed at opposite axial ends of the swirl generator."

The patent was filed on Sept. 16, 2024, under Application No. 18/886,805.

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