US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Sept. 30 for "Magnetically coupled inflow control device" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,922, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Magnetically coupled inflow control device" was invented by Kevin Robin Passmore (Carrollton, Texas) and Bruce Edward Scott (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an ICD landing nipple. The ICD landing nipple, in one aspect, includes a housing having a passageway extending from a first end to a second end thereof, one or more housing openings extending through a housing sidewall thickness for access to a subterranean formation, and an isolated chamber located in the housing. The ICD landing nipple, in accordance with this asp...