ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,709, issued on June 24, was assigned to KOBOLD Corp. (Calgary, Canada).

"Multi-position sleeve assembly, systems, and methods for use in a wellbore" was invented by Sean Goodwin (Calgary, Canada), Per Angman (Calgary, Canada) and Scott Sherman (Blackie, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-position sleeve assembly for use in a wellbore, comprising a tubular housing defining an axial bore, a first sliding sleeve, and a second sliding sleeve. The housing has an inner and outer surface defining therebetween one or more first ports and one or more second ports spaced axially from the one or more first ports. The one or more seco...