ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,886, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to METROL TECHNOLOGY LTD (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain).

"Well installation electrical transmission systems" was invented by Steven Martin Hudson (Aberdeen Aberdeenshire, Great Britain) and Leslie David Jarvis (Aberdeen Aberdeenshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Well installation electrical transmission system for use in a well installation having a downhole metallic structure (2) and a platform (3) provided above the level of a borehole (B) for the transmission of at least one of electrical power and electrical communication signals between an out of hole station (4) and a downho...