US Patent Issued to Oilfield Equipment Development Center on April 8 for "Downhole valve assemblies and methods of recirculating fluid using valve assemblies" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,279, issued on April 8, was assigned to Oilfield Equipment Development Center Ltd. (Victoria, Seychelles).

"Downhole valve assemblies and methods of recirculating fluid using valve assemblies" was invented by Luis Seczon (Fulshear, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are downhole valve assemblies, electric submersible pumps, and methods for recirculating fluid which may each include a downhole valve assembly which may include: a housing that may include: an axially disposed cylindrical wall; an axially disposed borehole surrounded by the cylindrical wall; and a housing aperture extending radially through the cylindr...