US Patent Issued to Oso Perforating on Dec. 16 for "Perforating gun string including switch counter" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,869, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Oso Perforating LLC (Irving, Texas).

"Perforating gun string including switch counter" was invented by John Dyer (Norman, Okla.), David Milligan (Oklahoma City), Jeremy Ursi (Frisco, Texas), Nathan McFarland (Euless, Texas), Kerron James (Fort Worth, Texas) and Varun Garg (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perforating gun string includes a release tool, a perforating gun, and a plug. The perforating gun string may include or be part of a downhole tool that is electrically communicable via a control system. A first switch (or "RT switch") is associated with the release tool and is operably...