US Patent Issued to ISEALATE AS on May 6 for "Running tool for a downhole aparatus for patching a wall of conduit and a method of patching a conduit" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,938, issued on May 6, was assigned to ISEALATE AS (Stavanger, Norway).

"Running tool for a downhole aparatus for patching a wall of conduit and a method of patching a conduit" was invented by Einar Waage-Rasmussen (Hommersak, Norway) and Bengt Gunnarsson (Hundvag, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A running tool for running an apparatus for patching a wall of a downhole casing and activating the apparatus in a location in the conduit includes a rolled up or curled up piece of material for patching the wall. The piece of material has a surface comprising an adhesive compound for fastening the piece of material securely to the wall...