US Patent Issued to OIL STATES ENERGY SERVICES on April 29 for "Valve with pressure differential seating" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,039, issued on April 29, was assigned to OIL STATES ENERGY SERVICES LLC (Houston).

"Valve with pressure differential seating" was invented by Bob McGuire (Meridian, Okla.), Danny Artherholt (Asher, Okla.), Mickey Claxton (Oklahoma City) and Blake Mullins (Edmond, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve for use in oil and gas production or similar applications includes a plug or other flow barrier disposed in a cavity of a hollow valve body with a metal-to-metal sealing surface that is not reliant on any rubberized or elastomeric material to effect a seal."

The patent was filed on Dec. 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/531,125. ...