ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,628, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Odfjell Technology Invest Ltd. (Kokstad, Norway).
"Controlling a downhole tool" was invented by Jonas Solem (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus and machine readable instructions for controlling a downhole tool are provided. An operational parameter of a drill string associated with the downhole tool is sensed to detect a number of pulses of the operational parameter within a time window having a predetermined duration. The pulses correspond to a period during which the operational parameter deviates from a baseline value and the detection of the number ...